HandTutor IOT used together with an occupational adaptation approach to hand therapy

The Evidence Is Coming In on ADVANCE for Occupational Therapy Practitioners

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The above link discusses how hand therapy shifts from Biomechanical to Occupational Adaptation. In view of this I discuss how HandTutor IOT with augmented movement feedback compliments a OA approach. The handTutor exercise tasks work on improving finger and wrist movement parameters. Functional tasks do not work on the limit of these movement parameters. For example when gripping a cup the hand impaired patient does not work on the full range of his finger motion and does not reach maximum finger extension or flexion. Doing intensive exercises that challenge the patient to reach their full potential extension and flexion and speed of operning and closing of the fingers will ensure that the functional task is easier to perform. At the same time working on intensive isolated finger or co-ordinated finger flexion and extension will ensure that the elbow and shoulder are strengthened to support these movements. This will mean that the patient is less likely to incorporate a compensatory movement pattern during the functional task.