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A calibrated database of kinematics and EMG of the forearm and hand during activities of daily living
Jarque-Bou, Néstor J; Vergara, Margarita; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica; Roda-Sales, Alba Nature Research (2019)Linking hand kinematics and forearm muscle activity is a challenging and crucial problem for several domains, such as prosthetics, 3D modelling or rehabilitation. To advance in this relationship between hand kinematics and ... -
Across-subject calibration of an instrumented glove to measure hand movement for clinical purposes
Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica; Vergara, Margarita; Buffi, James H.; Murray, Wendy M.; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L. Taylor & Francis (2016)Motion capture of all degrees of freedom of the hand collected during performance of daily living activities remains challenging. Instrumented gloves are an attractive option because of their higher ease of use. However, ... -
An introductory study of common grasps used by adults during performance of activities of daily living
Vergara, Margarita; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica; Pérez-González, Antonio (2015-07-06)This paper presents the results of a descriptive survey on human grasps. Sixty-four videos were selected to represent tasks performed in the main areas of activities of daily living (ADL) (personal care, meal preparation, ... -
Anthropomorphism Index of Mobility for Artificial Hands
Llop-Harillo, Immaculada; Pérez-González, Antonio; Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica Hindawi (2019-07-28)The increasing development of anthropomorphic artificial hands makes necessary quick metrics that analyze their anthropomorphism. In this study, a human grasp experiment on the most important grasp types was undertaken in ... -
Applying action research in CAD teaching to improve the learning experience and academic level
Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica; Vergara, Margarita Springer Verlag (Germany) (2016)A project involving innovation in university education is described in this paper. It was implemented in a Computer-Aided Design (CAD) course on the Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design and Product Development Engineering. ... -
Biomechanical function requirements of the wrist. Circumduction versus flexion/abduction range of motion
Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Vergara, Margarita; Roda-Sales, Alba; Jarque-Bou, Néstor J; Bayarri-Porcar, Vicente Elsevier (2020-07-30)The biomechanical function of the wrist is widely assessed by measuring the range of motion (RoM) in two separate orthogonal planes: flexion–extension (FE) and radioulnar deviation (RUD). However, the two motions are ... -
Dorsal and palmar aspect dimensions of hand anthropometry for designing hand tools and protections
Vergara, Margarita; Agost, Maria-Jesus; Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica Wiley (2017-08-09)Most hand anthropometric studies are performed on the palmar aspect, while dimensions of the dorsal aspect are also useful in ergonomics and hand modelling. A survey of hand anthropometrics for a Spanish population (69 ... -
Effect of assistive devices on hand and arm posture during activities of daily living
Roda-Sales, Alba; Vergara, Margarita; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica; Jarque-Bou, Néstor J Elsevier (2019-04)Assistive devices (ADs) are products designed to overcome the grip strength and mobility difficulties produced by ageing and different pathologies. Nevertheless, little is known about the postural effect of such devices. ... -
Effect on hand kinematics when using assistive devices during activities of daily living
Roda-Sales, Alba; Vergara, Margarita; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica; Jarque-Bou, Néstor J PeerJ (2019)Assistive devices (ADs) are products intended to overcome the difficulties produced by the reduction in mobility and grip strength entailed by ageing and different pathologies. Nevertheless, there is little information ... -
Effect on manual skills of wearing instrumented gloves during manipulation
Roda-Sales, Alba; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Vergara, Margarita; Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica; Jarque-Bou, Néstor J Elsevier (2019-11-14)Instrumented gloves are motion capture systems that are widely used due to the simplicity of the setup required and the absence of occlusion problems when manipulating objects. Nevertheless, the effect of their use on ... -
Electromyography and kinematics data of the hand in activities of daily living with special interest for ergonomics
Roda-Sales, Alba; Jarque-Bou, Néstor J; Bayarri-Porcar, Vicente; Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Vergara, Margarita Nature Research (2023)This work presents a dataset of human hand kinematics and forearm muscle activation collected during the performance of a wide variety of activities of daily living (ADLs), with tagged characteristics of products and tasks. ... -
Functional range of motion of the hand joints in activities of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health
Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica; Vergara, Margarita; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Mora, Marta Covadonga; Piqueras, Catalina Elsevier (2017-02)Study Design Cross-sectional research design. Introduction Active range of motion (AROM) is used as indicator of hand function. However, functional range of motion (FROM) data are limited, and fail to represent ... -
Hand Kinematics Characterization While Performing Activities of Daily Living Through Kinematics Reduction
Jarque-Bou, Néstor J; Vergara, Margarita; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica; Roda-Sales, Alba IEEE (2020-05-29)Improving the understanding of hand kinematics during the performance of activities of daily living may help improve the control of hand prostheses and hand function assessment. This work identifies sparse synergies (each ... -
Hand kinematics in osteoarthritis patients while performing functional activities
Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica; Agost, Maria-Jesus; Bayarri-Porcar, Vicente; Granell, Pablo; Vergara, Margarita; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L. Taylor & Francis (2022-03-17)Purpose To identify the impact of kinematic limitations on hand osteoarthritis patients’ ability to perform daily living activities. Methods An experiment was performed on 33 patients and 32 healthy subjects. Active ... -
Human hand kinematic data during feeding and cooking tasks
Roda-Sales, Alba; Vergara, Margarita; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica; Jarque-Bou, Néstor J Nature Research (2019)this work presents a database of human hand kinematics containing data collected during the performance of a wide variety of activities of daily living involving feeding and cooking. the data were recorded using CyberGlove ... -
Identification of forearm skin zones with similar muscle activation patterns during activities of daily living
Jarque-Bou, Néstor J; Vergara, Margarita; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Roda-Sales, Alba; Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica BMC (2018-10)Background A deeper knowledge of the activity of the forearm muscles during activities of daily living (ADL) could help to better understand the role of those muscles and allow clinicians to treat motor dysfunctions ... -
Impact of hand osteoarthritis in women on maximal forces in six different grasp types
Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica; Jarque-Bou, Néstor J; Bayarri-Porcar, Vicente; Roda-Sales, Alba; Granell, Pablo; Vergara, Margarita; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L. Springer Nature (2023-09-04)This work aims to: (1) Provide maximal hand force data on six different grasp types for healthy subjects; (2) detect grasp types with maximal force significantly affected by hand osteoarthritis (HOA) in women; (3) look for ... -
Interdependency of the maximum range of flexion–extension of hand metacarpophalangeal joints
Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica; Vergara, Margarita; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L. Taylor & Francis (2016-05)Mobility of the fingers metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints depends on the posture of the adjacent ones. Current Biomechanical hand models consider fixed ranges of movement at joints, regardless of the posture, thus allowing ... -
Relevance of grasp types to assess functionality for personal autonomy
Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Vergara, Margarita Elsevier (2017-03)Study Design Cross-sectional research design. Introduction Current assessment of hand function is not focused on evaluating the real abilities required for autonomy. Purpose of the Study To quantify the relevance ... -
Sharing of hand kinematic synergies across subjects in daily living activities
Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Vergara, Margarita; Jarque-Bou, Néstor J; Roda-Sales, Alba Nature Research (2020)The motor system is hypothesised to use kinematic synergies to simplify hand control. Recent studies suggest that there is a large set of synergies, sparse in degrees of freedom, shared across subjects, so that each subject ...