Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Rome doctors use robotic glove, videogame on stroke patients

You will need to ask your doctor and therapists to follow up since not enough information is given to even guess what they are doing or where to acquire such devices. .
http://www.gazzettadelsud.it/news/english/45576/Rome-doctors-use-robotic-glove--videogame-on-stroke-patients.html
Scientists in Rome have begun experiments using a robotic glove and a videogame for victims who have lost the use of their wrist and hand from a stroke. The project is called Script, for Supervised Care and Rehabilitation Involving Personal Tele-Robotics, and is being carried out at the San Raffaele Pisana Recovery Institute in Rome, as well as at the Roessingh Research and Development center in Holland and at the University of Sheffield in Britain. It is the first treatment that combines robotics and videogames for stroke patients. The videogame in effect helps patients reconnect the coordination between the nerves in their arms and their brains with the aid of the robotic glove, which specialists can manipulate. "Doctors and rehabilitation therapists have the ability to remotely monitor the treatments using a web-based platform said Patrizio Sale, head of clinical trials. "They can program new and more complex exercises aimed at providing a more functional recovery".

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