Low-Cost Dynamometers - A Grip Measurement and Logging Solution

Abstract

The aim of the project is to develop a grip measurement and data logging product which can be used as an exercise ball for patients who have undergone orthopedic surgery and as a recovery quantification tool for the doctor treating patients with the same condition. It provides the doctor with a measure of how effective the surgery has been and how well the patient has been recovering. and allows the doctor to quantify certain each force. The device logs the pressure applied on the ball for a period of time as a part of the recovering exercise and also has an attachment to measure the grip pressure between adjacent fingers and the thumb and other fingertips. The doctor has an interface on the other side on a computer that shows the logged data and allows the device to be put in various different modes to measure the different forces. It stores the parameters after every examination. Texas Instruments India Educators' Conference978-0-7695-5146-3/13 $26.00