Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

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.

Sunday, February 4, 2024

An evaluation of 3D printable elastics for post stroke dynamic hand bracing: A pilot study

Bad  research, cherry picked candidates. No survivor should be left behind.

 An evaluation of 3D printable elastics for post stroke dynamic hand bracing: A pilot study

Assistive Technology. Volume 35(6), Pgs. 513-522.

NARIC Accession Number: J93191. What's this?
Author(s): Huber, Justin, Slone, Stacey, Bazrgari, Babak.
Publication Year: 2023.
Abstract: Study explored the feasibility of using three-dimensional printable (3DP) elastic materials to create dynamic hand orthoses for stroke survivors. A dynamic orthosis featuring a replaceable finger component was fabricated using 3DP elastic materials. Duplicates of the finger component were printed using different materials ranging from low stiffness (low elastic modulus) to relatively high stiffness (high elastic modulus). Five stroke survivors with predominantly moderate hand impairment(So cherry picking! The  only goal in stroke is 100% recovery for all!) were recruited to evaluate usability and impact of orthoses on upper-extremity function and biomechanics. No significant differences in usability were found between 3D-printed orthoses and a commercial orthosis. Increases in stiffness of the 3DP material reduced pincer force and the Box and Block Test (BBT) score. In comparison, the commercial orthosis did not reduce pincer force but may reduce the BBT score to a degree that is clinically significant. These findings suggest that a dynamic orthosis is a feasible clinical application of 3DP elastic materials, and future study is warranted.
Descriptor Terms: ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY, DEVICES DESIGN, DEXTERITY, FEASIBILITY STUDIES, LIMBS, MOTOR SKILLS, ORTHOTICS.


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Citation: Huber, Justin, Slone, Stacey, Bazrgari, Babak. (2023.) An evaluation of 3D printable elastics for post stroke dynamic hand bracing: A pilot study. Assistive Technology., 35(6), Pgs. 513-522. Retrieved 1/30/2024, from REHABDATA database.

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