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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0188-9532</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de ingeniería biomédica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. ing. bioméd]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0188-9532</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de Ingeniería Biomédica]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0188-95322018000100052</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17488/rmib.39.1.5</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Design of a twelve-bar planar mechanism for finger orthosis]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Diseño de un mecanismo planar de doce barras para órtesis de dedo]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Díaz Montes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. C.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vilchis-González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A. H.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ávila Vilchis]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. C.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México CONACYT-Facultad de Ingeniería ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México Facultad de Ingeniería ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>39</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>52</fpage>
<lpage>64</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0188-95322018000100052&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0188-95322018000100052&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0188-95322018000100052&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: In the last years, a considerable number of patients with hand mobility problems has been reported; in most of these cases, the patients must spend time in a specialized center to carry out a therapy to rehabilitate damaged parts. This paper presents the design of an orthosis for finger rehabilitation. The novelty of this proposal is that the design is formed by rigid links and three semicircular sliders with a center of rotation coincident with the finger joints; moreover, the synthesis of these sliders is realized in a new and simple way. The mechanism is designed to be compact enough to be used by a person during a whole day; it is formed by twelve links and allows the three finger phalanxes to be flexed simultaneously. The mechanism is coupled only to the dorsal side of the hand and has no interference when grasping objects, in such a way that the orthosis presented in this paper enables the patient to perform the Activities of Daily Living. The synthesis of the mechanism presented in this paper focuses on the middle finger, nevertheless, it is possible to use the same configuration for the others fingers only by scaling.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: En los últimos años un considerable número de pacientes con problemas de movilidad en las manos ha sido reportado; en la mayoría de los casos, los pacientes deben pasar un tiempo determinado en un centro especializado para llevar a cabo una terapia para rehabilitar las partes afectadas. En este artículo se presenta el diseño de una ortesis para rehabilitación de un dedo. La novedad de esta propuesta es que el diseño está formado por eslabones rígidos y tres correderas semicirculares, cuyo centro de rotación coincide con el centro de rotación de los dedos; además, la síntesis de estas correderas se realizó de una manera sencilla y nueva. El mecanismo diseñado es suficientemente compacto para ser utilizado por una persona durante un día entero; está formado por doce eslabones y permite que las tres falanges se muevan simultáneamente. El mecanismo es acoplado al dorso de la mano para no interferir con la sujeción de objetos, y por tanto permitir el desarrollo de las actividades de la vida diaria. La síntesis del mecanismo presentada en este artículo se enfoca en el dedo medio, sin embargo es posible usar la misma configuración para los otros dedos, solo escalando el mecanismo.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Hand Rehabilitation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mechanical Design]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mechanisms Synthesis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Orthosis Finger]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Semicircular Slider]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Rehabilitación de mano]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[diseño mecánico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[síntesis de mecanismos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ortesis de dedo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[corredera semicircular]]></kwd>
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