Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: An instrumented cylinder measuring pinch force and orientation | Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation BioMed Central Open Access An instrumented cylinder measuring pinch force and orientation Daniel Bourbonnais 1 2 Victor Frak1 2 3 Jean-Franẹois Pilon1 and Michel Goyette1 Address 1Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation du Montreal métropolitain CRIR site Institut de réadaptation de Montreal Montreal QC H3S 2J4 Canada 2École de réadaptation Faculte de médecine Université de Montreal QC H3C 3J7 Canada and 3Département de kinanthropologie Université du Quebec à Montreal QC H3C 3P8 Canada Email Daniel Bourbonnais - Victor Frak - cognitivo@ Jean-Franẹois Pilon - Michel Goyette - mgoyette@ Corresponding author Published 2 January 2008 Received 8 March 2007 Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2008 5 2 doi 86 1743-0003-5-2 Accepted 2 January 2008 This article is available from http content 5 1 2 2008 Bourbonnais et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background The function of a cylinder allowing simultaneous measurements of the opposition axis of the index finger and thumb of the hand and the magnitude of pinch force is described. Methods The apparatus is made of two half-cylinders that are bonded together through a 6-axis force torque sensor and allows the measurement of 3D orthogonal forces and moments of force. The amplitude of the pinch force exerted on the cylinder by the fingers is defined as the resultant of the forces in the different axes. A software program was developed to measure the barycentre of the forces on the instrumented cylinder allowing calculation of the angle of the opposition axis between the .
