I think the PossessedHand would be better.
Or maybe the Mozart glove?
Which one does your doctor think is better? Does your doctor know about any of these?
http://www.jneuroengrehab.com/content/11/1/76/abstract
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2014, 11:76
doi:10.1186/1743-0003-11-76
Published: 30 April 2014
Published: 30 April 2014
Abstract (provisional)
Background
It is thought that therapy should be functional, be highly repetitive, and promote
afferent input to best stimulate hand motor recovery after stroke, yet patients struggle
to access such therapy. We developed the MusicGlove, an instrumented glove that requires
the user to practice gripping-like movements and thumb-finger opposition to play a
highly engaging, music-based, video game. The purpose of this study was to 1) compare
the effect of training with MusicGlove to conventional hand therapy 2) determine if
MusicGlove training was more effective than a matched form of isometric hand movement
training; and 3) determine if MusicGlove game scores predict clinical outcomes.
Methods
12 chronic stroke survivors with moderate hemiparesis were randomly assigned to receive
MusicGlove, isometric, and conventional hand therapy in a within-subjects design.
Each subject participated in six one-hour treatment sessions three times per week
for two weeks, for each training type, for a total of 18 treatment sessions. A blinded
rater assessed hand impairment before and after each training type and at one-month
follow-up including the Box and Blocks (B & B) test as the primary outcome measure.
Subjects also completed the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (IMI).
Results
Subjects improved hand function related to grasping small objects more after MusicGlove
compared to conventional training, as measured by the B & B score (improvement of
3.21+/-3.82 vs. -0.29+/-2.27 blocks; P=0.010) and the 9 Hole Peg test (improvement
of 2.14+/-2.98 vs. -0.85+/-1.29 pegs/minute; P=0.005). There was no significant difference
between training types in the broader assessment batteries of hand function. Subjects
benefited less from isometric therapy than MusicGlove training, but the difference
was not significant (P>0.09). Subjects sustained improvements in hand function at
a one month follow-up, and found the MusicGlove more motivating than the other two
therapies, as measured by the IMI. MusicGlove games scores correlated strongly with
the B & B score.
Conclusions
These results support the hypothesis that hand therapy that is engaging, incorporates
high numbers of repetitions of gripping and thumb-finger opposition movements, and
promotes afferent input is a promising approach to improving an individual's ability
to manipulate small objects. The MusicGlove provides a simple way to access such therapy.
Dean, Even with three OTs it is doubtful that they could get a glove on my hand either, But it sounds promising.
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