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VIDEO | Australian-first robotic joystick to help stroke patients
It’s the video game where winning and losing is replaced by recovery and progress.
Meet
Fourier M2 – a state-of-the-art robotic joystick designed to help
brain injury rehabilitation patients regain strength and range of motion
in their upper body.
The
device, which is not available anywhere else in Australia, is on loan
to HammondCare’s Braeside Hospital as part of a clinical trial until
December.
The robotic technology allows
patients to play a series of video games with the joystick programmed to
be easier or harder depending on the stage of therapy.
Braeside
Hospital director of rehabilitation services Dr Caitlin Anderson said
the robotic joystick will be used primarily in stroke rehabilitation and
upper limb therapy.
“Robotics is a proven therapy in stroke rehabilitation,” Dr Anderson said.
“It
has two main benefits that add to traditional one-to-one therapy. It
allows people who may not have been able to do anything useful with
their arm to actually do active therapy which previously was limited.
“It
can also add additional time in therapy to their program. Stroke rehab
is very much about amount of time in therapy gets additional benefit. So
the more time in therapy we can get hopefully the better outcomes there
are for patients.”
Director of rehabilitation services Dr Caitlin Anderson with Braeside Hospital's occupational therapy team.
The device was unveiled at Braeside Hospital’s Occupational Therapy Week celebrations on Wednesday.
Occupational
Therapy Service Manager Abdul Shaik said the aim of the new
technology is to increase range of movement and strength in the arm.
Fourier M2 has four different modes including active and resistance settings and gives patients real-time feedback.
“If the patient able to do 20 per cent, the machine will do the other 80 per cent of movement,” Mr Shaik said.
The Fourier M2 homepage.
“As
patients recovers the amount of assistance provide to patient can be
reduced. They play games like Fruit Ninja to help them regain strength
and range but also control how much they move their arm.”
Braeside
Hospital’s eight occupational therapists work in their 36 bed
in-patient rehabilitation unit as well as supporting outpatients.
They
assist patients get back to every day live and maximise independence by
assisting in things like daily personal care, driver retraining and
helping people return to work.
They also work with Braeside’s other units including palliative care and mental health.
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