TY - GEN
T1 - Virtual reality-based post-stroke hand rehabilitation
AU - Boian, R.
AU - Sharma, A.
AU - Han, C.
AU - Merians, A.
AU - Burdea, G.
AU - Adamovich, S.
AU - Recce, M.
AU - Tremaine, M.
AU - Poizner, H.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - A VR-based system using a CyberGlove and a Rutgers Master II-ND haptic glove was used to rehabilitate four post-stroke patients in the chronic phase. Each patient had to perform a variety of VR exercises to reduce impairments in their fmger range of motion, speed, fractionation and strength. Patients exercised for about two hours per day, five days a week for three weeks. Results showed that three of the patients had gains in thumb range (50-140%) and finger speed (10-15%) over the three weeks trial. All four patients had significant improvement in finger fractionation (40-118%). Gains in finger strength were modest, due in part to an unexpected hardware malfunction. Two of the patients were measured against one-month post intervention and showed good retention. Evaluation using the Jebsen Test of Hand Function showed a reduction of 23-28% in time completion for two of the patients (the ones with the higher degrees of impairment). A prehension task was performed 9-40% faster for three of the patients after the intervention illustrating transfer of their improvement to a functional task.
AB - A VR-based system using a CyberGlove and a Rutgers Master II-ND haptic glove was used to rehabilitate four post-stroke patients in the chronic phase. Each patient had to perform a variety of VR exercises to reduce impairments in their fmger range of motion, speed, fractionation and strength. Patients exercised for about two hours per day, five days a week for three weeks. Results showed that three of the patients had gains in thumb range (50-140%) and finger speed (10-15%) over the three weeks trial. All four patients had significant improvement in finger fractionation (40-118%). Gains in finger strength were modest, due in part to an unexpected hardware malfunction. Two of the patients were measured against one-month post intervention and showed good retention. Evaluation using the Jebsen Test of Hand Function showed a reduction of 23-28% in time completion for two of the patients (the ones with the higher degrees of impairment). A prehension task was performed 9-40% faster for three of the patients after the intervention illustrating transfer of their improvement to a functional task.
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U2 - 10.3233/978-1-60750-929-5-64
DO - 10.3233/978-1-60750-929-5-64
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 15458061
AN - SCOPUS:6944227844
SN - 1586032038
SN - 9781586032036
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 64
EP - 70
BT - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 02/10 - Digital Upgrades
PB - IOS Press
T2 - 10th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference, MMVR 2002
Y2 - 23 January 2002 through 26 January 2002
ER -