Optical Fiber Force Myography Sensor for Identification of Hand Postures

Table 1

Posture set for evaluation of the classifier performance.

ID	Posture	Description
A	Open hand	Open hand with finger joint extension, without metacarpophalangeal joint abduction/adduction
B	Clench	Closed hand with fingers and thumb flexion
C	Wrist extension	Wrist extension with fingers in neutral condition
D	Wrist flexion	Wrist flexion with fingers in moderate flexion condition
E	Finger abduction	Open hand with finger joint extension and metacarpophalangeal joint abduction/adduction
F	Index finger	Index finger extension with flexion of other joints
G	V sign	Index and medium finger extension with flexion of other joints
H	Thumb up	Thumb joint extension with flexion of other joints
N	Relaxed hand	Open hand in natural/relaxed condition