What hand interventions are in your stroke hospital? ANYTHING AT ALL? I have 121 posts on the hand so your doctor has no excuse for not having any decent interventions.
If none are available call the president up and ask when a competent stroke department head is installed. You have to pay it forward so future stroke survivors have some hope of recovery and that probably means replacing almost everyone in every stroke department.
http://www.khou.com/story/news/health/2015/09/22/robotic-glove-designed-help-stroke-patients/72605828/
The notes used to come easily for Arlington piano teacher Ann Harris, but not anymore.
"I still have moments of looking at the notes and it not meaning anything," she said.
Four
years ago, Harris became one of an estimated 800,000 Americans who
suffer from a stroke. Strokes can cause all sorts of damage — including
loss of hand movement.
But research scientists at the University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute have created a device that has the potential to make a big difference for patients like Harris.
On Monday, they showed us the prototype of the soft robotic "rehab glove." It's
a portable device that reminds the brain of what the hand is supposed
to do. It's currently being evaluated for safety and usability by
researchers at the UNT Health Science Center.
More at link including video.
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