Rehabilitation following Finger Amputation

Fingertip injuries can occur in accidents at home, at work, or at play. A sharp cut, a crushing injury, a ripping injury, or a mix of these injury types can all result in an injury. Slamming your finger in a car door or snagging your ring on a hook or nail might result in amputation.

Your fingertips are densely packed with nerves and highly sensitive. A fingertip injury that is not treated promptly and properly can create issues with hand function and potentially result in permanent deformity or impairment. In this scenario, getting surgery is critical, but it is more important to pursue physical treatment thereafter.

The goal of the physical treatment is to have a pain-free fingertip that is covered by healthy skin and functions normally.

Physical therapy exercises are meant to fulfil this aim. These activities may include stretching the finger(s) to prevent contracture, the application of heat and/or cold to relieve pain and relax the muscles, and vital strengthening exercises. These are necessary to maintain or regain fingertip sensitivity and preserve or improve function.

To successfully accomplish all these tasks, the patient may need a professional hand and finger rehabilitation device that will effectively help him achieve positive improvement in less time.

The robotic rehabilitation gloves act in both flexion and extension to mobilize finger joints. Even if a patient has no active residual movement, passive mobilization can be used from the beginning of treatment.

What is also exciting about the device is that its software offers many possibilities for the customization of the therapy.

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

The glove can also provide resistance in the opposite direction to help the user with movement stabilization or muscle tone exercise. The design could be implemented for a wide range of users and needs, particularly those patients who experienced finger (s) amputation.

SIFREHAB-1.0 and SIFREHAB-1.1 are low-cost, safe, intense, and task-oriented home treatment programs that can assist increase efficacy by including the recovery of daily-living-activity functions as well as a home environment modification. In conclusion, the opportunity to do therapy at home improves functional and psychological performance while also promoting independence.

To summarize, a person who experienced finger amputation and adheres to an effective home-guided treatment plan may be able to improve his hand/fingers function over time with the use of one of these advanced rehabilitative robotic gloves: SIFREHAB-1.0 and SIFREHAB-1.1.

Reference: Fingertip Injuries and Amputations