Deans' stroke musings: “EXTENSOR” SOFT ROBOT FOR CLENCHED FIST REHABILITATION AFTER STROKE

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Monday, June 19, 2023

“EXTENSOR” SOFT ROBOT FOR CLENCHED FIST REHABILITATION AFTER STROKE

This would have helped me. Is it better that the vibration method?

Daily vibrotactile stimulation from a wearable device exhibits equal or greater spasticity relief than botulinum toxin in stroke.

Why doesn't your doctor know that answer?

“EXTENSOR” SOFT ROBOT FOR CLENCHED FIST REHABILITATION AFTER STROKE

Matthew Baysa
Seattle University
Seattle, WA
Noah Turoski
Seattle University
Seattle, WA
Manilyn Cabrera
Seattle University
Seattle, WA
Yen-Lin Han 1
Seattle University
Seattle, WA

ABSTRACT

Stroke is a leading cause of mobility impairments. As more
people suffer from stroke, there is a growing need for
rehabilitation. Rehabilitation robots have been proven effective
in assisting patients in their rehabilitation process. However,
many existing rehabilitation robots are costly, so the accessibility
to patients in need is limited. Soft robot technology has great
potential to make rehabilitation more accessible. This paper
presents a proof-of-concept soft robot design that could be used
for finger rehabilitation, especially for those who suffer from
clenched fists after a stroke. Using silicone elastomer and
pneumatic actuation, we successfully fabricated a soft robot that
curled in its resting state to fit under the patient’s clenched fist
and straightened when actuated by compressed air to push the
patient’s fingers open. With a unique approach to bonding the
two-layer silicone elastomer structure, our soft robot can change
shape to straight from its original curling state with a small air
pressure (2 to 3 psi). Preliminary testing results demonstrate our
soft robot's functionality and provide valuable insights for us to
optimize our design further to reach our eventual goal as a
rehabilitation device that assists finger rehabilitation