Robot Gloves for Hemiplegia Finger Rehabilitation

Hemiplegia is a condition in which one side of the body is paralyzed due to brain damage or spinal cord injury. It results in muscle weakness, poor muscle control, and muscle stiffness. The severity of hemiplegia symptoms varies depending on where the injury occurred and how severe it was.

After a stroke, a person with hemiplegia’s hand usually lacks voluntary finger extension, which opens the hand.

Concurrently, the hand is subjected to involuntary contraction of finger flexor muscles, resulting in clenched fists and thumb-in-palm deformities.

It is frequently associated with the following side effects: Muscle spasticity (muscle weakness), Muscle atrophy (loss of muscle strength), Seizures and pain.

Physical therapy is typically performed in a hospital or clinical setting, but thanks to the cutting-edge technology of the Robotic Rehabilitation Glove, it can now be performed at home. SIFREHAB-1.1

The robotic rehabilitation gloves move finger joints in both flexion and extension. Even if the patient has no active residual movement, passive mobilization can be used from the beginning of treatment. The software provides numerous options for customizing the therapy.

Furthermore, the SIFREHAB-1.0 Portable Rehabilitation Robotic Gloves would amplify force in the direction the user attempted to move (open or close hand).

The glove can also provide resistance in the opposite direction to aid in movement stabilization or muscle tone exercise. The design has the potential to be implemented for a wide range of users and needs, particularly hemiplegia patients.

SIFREHAB-1.0 and SIFREHAB-1.1 provide a low-cost, safe, intensive, and task-oriented rehabilitation through home therapy, which can help improve efficacy by incorporating the recovery of daily-living-activity functions as well as a home environment adjustment. The ability to receive rehabilitation at home improves functional and psychological performance, as well as independence.

To summarize, a person with hemiplegia who follows an effective treatment plan may be able to improve their symptoms over time by using rehabilitative robotic gloves, and changing their lifestyle will also help.

References : Hemiplegia: Causes and Treatments for Partial Paralysis, Improving Holding Function of the HemiplegicHand