Combined task oriented training and C.I with handTutor therapy

The above link discusses Constraint Induced Therapy.

An important component in achieving optimal rehabilitation outcome is intensive active movement practice. Traditional Occupational and Physical therapy provides the patient task orientated training (TOT). TOT is intensive repetition of everyday functional tasks or Active daily living tasks.

C.I or CIMT is Constraint Induced Movement therapy. By constraining the healthy hand C.I forces the patient to use only the affected hand with out relying on the healthy hand to eprform ADL. C.I therefore ensures that the patient performs intensive and repetitive functional ADL or exercise tasks.

The MediTouch HandTutor is a rehabilitation glove and software which offers impairment oriented training and augmented feedback or biofeedback. Impairment oriented training (IOT) relies firstly on an objective evaluation of the patients sensory motor and cognitive ability. A deficit in the sensory motor and cognitive ability is known as an impairment. Secondly IOT provides customized exercises for each impairment or exercises that group of impairments together.

The HandTutor provides repetitive customized isolated or inter joint co-ordinated finger and wrist hand exercises and rehabilitates fine movements of the hand and wrist. At the same time the dedicated rehabilitation software motivates the patient to continue intensive repetitive exercises by providing challenging games that have been designed around both neurological and Orthopedic conditions. Research with the HandTutor confirms that Task oriented training should be combined with Impairment oriented (IOT) training to achieve enhanced functional recovery. The HandTutor is used in hospitals and community clinics as well as through tele rehabilitation. Examples of patients that are treated include Stroke, TBI, spinal cord injury CP, Orthopedic hand and arm surgery, development co-ordination disorders in children etc. The HandTutor is available worldwide from clinically trained local representatives and in the US from

David Garber P.T.
Englewood Cliffs Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine
701 Palisade Avenue
Englewood Cliffs, NJ
07632
Phone: 201 816 8925
Fax: 201 816 8926
therapysport.com

www.meditouch.co.il