In a story released on February 19, 2012 for ABC News a Tasmanian hospital has developed a special table to be used by stroke victims to assist them with their physical therapy. Staff from the Launceston General Hospital and volunteers from Technical Aids for the Disabled in Tasmania have developed this special tool over a period of 5 years which would be very helpful while stroke patients use the ARMTUTOR.
The newly developed ARMTUTOR can play an integral part in post stroke and other upper limb rehabilitation. The ARMTUTOR provides the physiotherapist and occupational therapist the ability to customize manual therapy for the shoulder, elbow and wrist. Together with its sister devices (HANDTUTOR, LEGTUTOR, 3DTUTOR) it has been developed to allow for functional rehabilitation of the upper extremity – hand, arm and lower extremity — leg, hip. The ARMTUTOR system consists of an ergonomic wearable arm brace and dedicated rehabilitation software.
The ARMTUTOR system allows for the occupational and physical therapist to implement biomechanical evaluations which include speed, passive/active range of motion and motion analysis of the upper extremity. This, to best customize the shoulder and elbow exercises provided by the ARMTUTOR. In addition, quantitative biomechanical data allows for objective evaluation and rehabilitation treatment follow up by the occupational and physical therapist. The ARMTUTOR rehabilitation concept is based on performing controlled and motivating exercise rehabilitation practice at a patient customized level with real time accurate feedback on the patient’s performance. The exercises are designed in the form of challenging games that are suitable for a wide variety of orthopedic injury and disease. The games challenge the patient to perform the exercise task to their best ability.
The ARMTUTOR allows for isolated and a combination of elbow and three directional shoulder treatment and is used after arthroscopic surgery procedures. The system provides detailed exercise performance instructions and precise feedback on the patient’s performance. This encourages motivation. Controlled exercise of multijoints within the normal movement pattern prevents the development of undesired and compensatory joint movement and ensures better performance of functional tasks.
The ARMTUTOR system is being used by many leading rehabilitation centers worldwide and has full FDA and CE certification. See WWW.HANDTUTOR.COM
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