Diseño de un Guante Háptico para Rehabilitación Virtual, en Jóvenes con Lesión de la Medula Espinal Torácica T1-T12 (Paraplejia).

Abstract

This article describes a proposal for a haptic glove for
virtual rehabilitation, in young people with thoracic
spinal cord injury T1-T12 (Paraplegia). In this sense
they can be classified according to the level of injury
of the patient as cervical vertebrae (C1-C7), thoracic
vertebrae (T1-T12), lumbar vertebrae (L1-L5), sacralcrocodial (S1-S5).
One of the main symptoms of paraplegia is movement
disorders, which are practically or completely
difficult to perform.
Traumatic spinal cord injury represents one of the
main causes of disability, with serious consequences
in the personal, family and work environment of the
person who suffers it.
Injuries to the thoracic, lumbar or sacral spinal cord
affect the lower or upper extremities resulting in
paraplegia.
This work described in this article aims to develop a
tool that is supportive of rehabilitation in patients
with paraplegia, since conventional rehabilitation
today produces in the patient symptoms of frustration,
fatigue and boredom.