The OT/ PT can use Neuromuscular stimulation and robot-assisted rehabiliation to improve finger/ wrist movement ability. Equally important is isolated and combined finger and wrist intensive exercises provided by the HandTutor in the form of customized rehabilitation games with biofeedback.
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. Intrinsic motor and sensory feedback from the result of the tasks will allow correction in the planning, initialization and performance of the task and assist in rehabilitation.
The MediTouch HandTutor is a rehabilitation glove and software which offers impairment oriented training and augmented feedback. The HandTutor provides repetitive customized isolated or inter joint coordinated 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 hand therapy 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. 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.
