Australia and Canada are far ahead of the US and the rest of the world on providing better access to rehab. Only 3 minutes long.
http://visions.unimelb.edu.au/episode/66
The ReJoyce workstation consists of a table-top mount, a spring-loaded arm, and hand dexterity trainer called a manipulandum assembly. The arm suspends the assembly at a comfortable height for the hands, and gives a user the freedom to move the assembly through his or her entire range of motion. The assembly features two horizontal handles, a pressure gripper, a doorknob, a key, a peg, a jar top, and two coin simulators, allowing for simulation of almost any task of daily living — from pouring a glass of orange juice to using a pen.
An Australian first University of Melbourne and Austin Health study will test home-based online rehabilitation with video games to give spinal cord injury patients the hope of regaining the movement of their hands.
More information about the launch of the Rejoyce Workstation can be found at http://newsroom.melbourne.edu/news/n-70.
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