Monday, September 28, 2015

Hand of Hope stroke rehabilitation glove

I bet your stroke hospital has no devices or protocols for hand rehabilitation. This is precisely what I think is needed, massive amounts of passive finger ROM, which would be a change from the current design. Interesting that this glove delivers electric shocks since the muscles that control the fingers are located in the forearm so I don't see how this could possibly work, only intrinsic muscles are located within the hand itself. That question would be something we would ask a great stroke association to follow up on.
Maybe you should ask your hospital which one of these 122 posts on hand, or these 31 posts on fingers, or these 32 posts on glove they are working on?
What is your doctor doing about your hand and fingers? ANYTHING AT ALL?
http://www.scmp.com/tech/china-tech/article/1861585/drones-humanoids-and-hand-hope-top-5-robotics-companies-operating

Michael Tsui Kam-fai, CEO and chairman of Rehab Robotics, poses with the Hand of Hope system at his office in Hong Kong Science Park last summer. Photo: Bruce Yan
Rehab-Robotics
The Hong Kong-developed Hand of Hope stroke rehabilitation glove emits tiny electrical shocks to help patients regain the use of their hands. Designed by occupational therapist Michael Tsui Kam-fai in collaboration with Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University, the device can be taken home by stroke patients for continue treatment outside the physiotherapist’s office. Hand of Hope is used in 10 local rehabilitation centres and has been approved for use in Taiwan, Singapore, Ukraine and Saudi Arabia.

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