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A Goniometric Glove for Clinical Hand Assessment

Construction, calibration and validation

N. W. WILLIAMS
J. M. T. PENROSE
C. M. CADDY
E. BARNES
D. R. HOSE
P. HARLEY

From the Department of Plastic Surgery, Northern General Hospital, the Department of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, the Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Sheffield, Sheffield and the Centre for Health and Medical Research, University of Teeside, Middlesbrough, UK

Correspondence: Mr N. W. Williams, Department of Plastic Surgery, Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield S5 7AU, UK. E-mail: cybermanus{at}aol.com

The construction of a goniometric glove is described. Each of the sensors in the glove was calibrated over a custom built metal hand using blocks of known angles as angular references. The digital data output from each sensor of the glove were converted into angular displacements at each joint. The glove was validated for consistency of measurement and accuracy over a custom built metal jig and in the human hand. The accuracy of the glove was found to be within the limits of traditional goniometry. It is proposed that goniometric gloves could be useful in the assessment of hand function.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 25, No. 2, 200-207 (2000)
DOI: 10.1054/jhsb.1999.0360
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