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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.

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Therapy Glove from TIP Grads Seeks to Aid Recovery of Stroke Patients

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At least it looks like spastic fingers could get it on.  What does your doctor think of this compared to all the other ones s/he has already examined? Oh, your doctor has done nothing! Welcome to your non-functioning stroke doctor! RUN AWAY!

Many gloves out there. Which is the best? Your doctor better know the answer.

 

The latest here:

 

Therapy Glove from TIP Grads Seeks to Aid Recovery of Stroke Patients

Filipinos struggling to regain the vitality of their hands after a stroke could use this innovative take on a rehabilitation device from the electronics engineering (ECE) graduates of Technological Institute of the Philippines (T.I.P.).

They created a therapy glove called “HandMATE” using low-cost materials powered by a network of internet-based technologies. It was a result of a 36-page research titled “Design of an Actuation System for String Hand Rehabilitation Device Using a Cable-Driven Actuator.”

T.I.P. Quezon City alumni Joanna Keith Ildefonso, Orwell Orit, and Liezl Patrimonio authored the study as a thesis project for their ECE Design classes under adviser Engr. John Joel Martinez. They call their team “RAD Tech,” shorthand for “Restoring Ability through Developing Technology.”

Orit said they worked on the “HandMATE” project for over two semesters between August 2022 to July 2023 right before they graduated. They collaborated with stroke patients and medical professionals at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center to guide them in the engineering design process.

Therapy gloves are not new in the medical device market. But what separates “HandMATE” apart is “its capacity to facilitate both passive and active exercises, prioritizing rehabilitation, integrating IoT (internet of things)-based control and data retention functionalities,” according to the team.

The team developed a prototype using NodeMCU (microcontroller unit)—a low-cost open source firmware—and Arduino Nano breadboard as monitoring, control, and data acquisition system tools. Both units are attached to a printed circuit board connected to stepper motor drivers.

The specialized glove contains a flex sensor and force-sensitive resistor linked to the internal components of the machine and the stepper motor. These enable the execution of specific exercises through controlled movements.

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