In the January edition of the American Journal of Therapeutics Symposium: Stroke Management, Dr. Young and Dr. Tolentino of Rush University report on neuroplasticity and its applications for rehabilitation http://bit.ly/gN0oUW . The report describes the various studies on neuro plasticity and the variety of interventions now available.
The HandTutor system uses the proven concept of active intensive exercise practice. However the power of the dedicated rehabilitation software is the fact the exercise task provides the patient with real time instructions on how to move their arm and fingers. The tasks can be customized so that the difficulty level will exercise the patients exact movement dysfunction. In addition augmented feedback is provided on the result of the patient’s movement and on the patients movement performance this motivates and stimulate patients to continue task practice.
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