Brain Injury followed by the Tutor Devices Can Assure Progress towards Recovery

Patrick Cronin writes for the seacoastonline.com on January 24, 2012 about a tragic but yet hopeful story.
Bill Gott was told by the doctors that his daughter was seriously injured and may never recover after a motor vehicle accident on Interstate 95.
If she lived, her life would have no value, added the doctor.
Myla, the daughter, didn’t give up that night, and neither did her father. Gott has spent 3 years at Myla’s bedside. He has seen much progress as time passed.
Myla’s brain injury is known as ”diffuse axonal injury”. The violent force of the accident caused axons to break. These are parts of the nerve cells in the brain that allow neurons to send messages back and forth to other parts of the body. Myra requires the use of a wheelchair and is unable to talk.
Experts believe the brain can rewire itself through repetitive and aggressive therapies.
The TUTOR system was created to assist brain injury victims to return to a semblance of normalcy in their lives. The TUTORS are designed to encourage intensive and aggressive active exercises to the affected limb.
The TUTORS allow the patient to do these exercises so that it is customized to their movement ability.
The HANDTUTOR, ARMTUTOR, LEGTUTOR and 3DTUTOR consist of wearable glove and braces that detect limb movements showing the patient how much active or assisted active movement they are actually accomplishing. The rehabilitation software uses special rehabilitation games to set a new target in terms of the patient’s ability to move their limb. The devices then measure the limb movement and give feedback on the success of the patient in this new objective. In this way the patient is given feedback that allows the patient to understand which effort is more successful in allowing them to move their affected limb again.
Subsequently the TUTOR system provides exercises that are challenging and motivating and allow for repetitive and intensive exercise practice. The HANDTUTOR, ARMTUTOR, LEGTUTOR and 3DTUTOR are now part of the rehabilitation program of leading U.S. German, Italian, French, UK and other foreign hospitals. Tele rehabilitation allows for the home bound or much recovered patient to continue the therapy at home with professional therapists at the other end monitoring and guiding the therapy.
See WWW.HANDTUTOR.COM for more information.