Rehabilitation and Trigger Finger Issue

Trigger finger (also known as stenosing tenosynovitis), is a condition in which one of your fingers gets stuck in a bent position. Your finger may bend or straighten with a snap — like a trigger being pulled and released.

It occurs when inflammation narrows the space within the sheath that surrounds the tendon in the affected finger. If the trigger finger issue is severe, your finger may become locked in a bent position.

Trigger fingers can affect any finger, including the thumb. More than one finger may be affected at a time, and both hands might be involved. Triggering is usually more pronounced in the morning, while firmly grasping an object or when straightening your finger.

People whose work or hobbies require repetitive gripping actions are at higher risk of developing trigger finger.

Signs and symptoms of trigger finger may progress from mild to severe and include:

·         Finger stiffness, particularly in the morning

·         A popping or clicking sensation as you move your finger

·         Tenderness or a bump (nodule) in the palm at the base of the affected finger

·         Finger catching or locking in a bent position, which suddenly pops straight

·         Finger locked in a bent position, which you are unable to straighten

Physical  therapy is thought to be one of the most suitable and successful treatments for such issues, especially following surgeries.

Usually, physical  therapy occurs largely in a hospital or clinical setting but now, it can migrate toward home therapy thanks to the cutting-edge technology of the Rehabilitation Robot Gloves: SIFREHAB-1.1 and SIFREHAB-1.0.

These hand rehabilitation devices mobilize the trigger finger joints and work both in flexion and extension. Even on the patient who has no active residual movement, it is possible to apply passive mobilization from the first stages of treatment. Luckily, the software offers many possibilities for the customization of the therapy.

To Serve the same purpose, the Portable Rehabilitation Robotic Gloves: SIFREHAB-1.0 would amplify force in the direction the user tries to move (open or close his trigger finger).

The following home rehabilitation equipment can also provide resistance in the opposite direction to help the user with movement stabilization or hand muscle tone exercise. That is, the design could be implemented for a wide range of needs and users, particularly stenosing tenosynovitis patients.

SIFREHAB-1.0 and SIFREHAB-1.1 offer a low-cost, safe, intensive, and task-oriented rehabilitation through home therapy, which can help improve the treatment efficacy by incorporating the recovery of daily-living-activity functions as well as an environmental adjustment at home.

To summarize, a person with Trigger Finger Issue who adheres to an effective treatment plan may be able to improve their symptoms over time through hand therapy exercises using home rehabilitation equipment like the Rehabilitation Robot Gloves : SIFREHAB-1.0 and SIFREHAB-1.1.

 Reference: stenosing tenosynovitis