Stroke patients vary in terms of their recovery progress, where some of them are able to regain their usual mobility without missing a beat in no time at all, while others remain bedridden for the longest time, losing all hope of ever returning to their old selves. Scientists from the University of Hertfordshire happen to be part of a European team that have managed to develop a prototype of a robotic glove which stroke patients can take advantage of as part of their rehabilitation process.
In the chronic stages of stroke, patients in all probability will have to live with some impairments, and it is hoped that this robotic glove will be able to provide the right kind of therapies to target these impairments. Dr Farshid Amirabdollahian, an expert in rehabilitation robotics and assistive technologies and a senior lecturer in adaptive systems at the University of Hertfordshire’s School of Computer Science, is the one who co-ordinated the €4,643,983 project known as SCRIPT (Supervised Care and Rehabilitation Involving Personal Tele-robotics).
It took more than 3 years to develop a pair of prototype robotic gloves, with the ultimate goal of facilitating repetitive movement as well as exercising the hand and wrist. Apart from that, this clever device can record the patient’s performance, sending such details to a therapist in order to come up with a tailored treatment program, now how about that?
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