We present the RBO Hand 3, a highly capable and versatile anthropomorphic soft hand based on pneumatic actuation. The 3 is designed to enable dexterous manipulation, facilitate transfer of insights about human dexterity, serve as robust research platform for extensive real-world experiments. It achieves these design goals by combining many degrees actuation with intrinsic compliance, replicatin...

Motor function involves complex physiologic processes and requires the integration of multiple systems, including neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, and cardiopulmonary, and neural motor and sensory-perceptual systems. Motor-functional status is indicative of current physical health status, burden of disease, and long-term health outcomes, and is integrally related to daily functioning and quality...

OBJECTIVE The Purdue Pegboard test often is used in clinical settings to evaluate changes in clients' fine motor dexterity. The purpose of this study was to determine the test-retest reliability and practice effects of the Purdue Pegboard for persons with multiple sclerosis. In addition, this study compared the reliability of one-trial administration to three-trial administration of the four su...

Background: Good psychometrics and cultural relevance are needed for evidence-based practice. Occupational therapy (OT) assessment tools in Bangladesh have been developed outside of Bangladesh and have not been validated or normed for Bangladeshis. This normative and psychometric study was to provide culturally relevant norms for in Bangladesh for bilateral fine motor. Method: The Functional Fi...

Abstract Date Presented 04/22/2023 This study evaluated the predictive validity of Nine-Hole Peg Test (9-HPT), gold standard for assessing manual dexterity, on medication manipulation, buttoning, and tying a sample older adults. Resulting evidence guides assessment choices. Primary Author Speaker: Jessica Brandon Additional Authors Speakers: Landon Reed, Laramie Hall, Colten Crews, Everett Matt...

Copyright: © 2013 Takeuchi N. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Stroke is the major cause of disability worldwide. A number of neurological functions are impaired by stroke; the most common impai...

Microbiology laboratories use containment equipment such as safety cabinets and isolators or respiratory protective equipment to protect workers against aerosol infection hazards. There is a perception amongst microbiologists that using sharps within containment equipment would increase the operator’s chance of accidental injury due to losses of dexterity within containment and so respiratory p...

Objectives: Social development in children is influenced by several factors, including family, school friends, television, gender, race, socioeconomic status, and locomotor activity, and depending on the situation and how they react to it, social development and maturity might get accelerated or get undermined. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between fine moto...