Saturday, April 22, 2023

Robot-assisted rehabilitation of hand function

 It's been 13 years, the only possible reason your medical staff have done nothing with this is that they already have EXACT PROTOCOLS that deliver complete hand recovery ALL THE TIME! NO? Then why the fuck are you seeing them if they are that incompetent?

They didn't like the 2010 one, then did they do anything with the 2018 one? I just like proving constant incompetence in stroke until survivors are in charge. 

Chapter 15 - Robot-assisted rehabilitation of hand function 2018

Or how about this 2020 one?

Neurocognitive robot-assisted rehabilitation of hand function: a randomized control trial on motor recovery in subacute stroke August 2020

The oldest here:

Robot-assisted rehabilitation of hand function

Balasubramanian, Sivakumar*; Klein, Julius*; Burdet, Etienne

Author Information
Current Opinion in Neurology 23(6):p 661-670, December 2010. | DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e32833e99a4

Abstract

Purpose of review 

Initial work on robot-assisted neurorehabilitation for the upper extremity aimed primarily at training, reaching movements with the proximal sections of the upper extremity. However, recent years have seen a surge in devices dedicated to hand function. This review describes the state of the art and the promises of this novel therapeutic approach.

Recent findings 

Numerous robotic devices for hand function with various levels of complexity and functionality have been developed over the last 10 years. These devices range from simple mechanisms that support single joint movements to mechanisms with as many as 18 degrees-of-freedom (DOF) that can support multijoint movements at the wrist and fingers. The results from clinical studies carried out with eight out of 30 reported devices indicate that robot-assisted hand rehabilitation reduces motor impairments of the affected hand and the arm, and improves(But not RECOVERS!) the functional use of the affected hand.

Summary 

The current evidence in support of the robot-assisted hand rehabilitation is preliminary but very promising, and provides a strong rationale for more systematic investigations in the future.



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