Musical Glove Improves Sensation for People with Spinal Cord Injury
From: Product Design & Development - 07/17/2012

Georgia Tech researchers have created a wireless, musical glove that may
improve sensation and motor skills for people with paralyzing spinal cord
injury (SCI). 

The device is called Mobile Music Touch (MMT). The glove, which looks like a
workout glove with a small box on the back, is used with a piano keyboard and
vibrates a person’s fingers to indicate which keys to play. While learning to
play the instrument, several people with SCI experienced improved sensation
in their fingers. 

Read the entire article at:
http://pddnet.com/news-musical-glove-improves-sensation-for-people-with-spinal-cord-injury-071712/
http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=140221

Links:
Mobile Music Touch (video 1:31)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi6t89pi17c

Piano Touch (2008)
http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=39815

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Musical Glove Improves Sensation, Mobility for People with Spinal Cord Injury
From: Georgia Tech News - 07/17/2012
By: Jason Maderer 

Georgia Tech researchers have developed Mobile Music Touch (MMT), a wireless
musical glove that can improve sensation and motor skills in people with
paralyzing spinal cord injury (SCI). The glove is used with a piano keyboard
and vibrates the user's fingers to indicate which keys to play. While
learning to play the piano, several people with SCI experienced improved
sensation in their fingers. "For example, after using the glove, some
participants were able to feel the texture of their bed sheets and clothes
for the first time since their injury," says Georgia Tech project leader
Tanya Markow. The MMT system works with a computer, MP3 player, or
smartphone. A song is programmed into the device, which is wirelessly linked
to the glove. As the musical notes are illuminated on the keyboard, the
system sends vibrations to tap the corresponding fingers. After the study,
participants performed several common grasping and sensation tests to measure
their improvement. Those who used the MMT system performed significantly
better than those who learned to play the piano normally. Markow says the
vibration could be triggering activity in the hand's sensory cortex, which
leads to firing in the brain's motor cortex.

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Musical Glove Improves Sensation, Mobility for People with Spinal Cord Injury
From: Evaluation Engineering - 07/25/2012

Georgia Tech researchers have created a wireless musical glove that may
improve sensation and motor skills for people with a paralyzing spinal cord
injury. 

The gadget was successfully used by individuals with limited feeling or
movement in their hands due to tetraplegia. These individuals had sustained
the injury more than a year before the study, a time frame when most rehab
patients see very little improvement for the remainder of their lives.
Remarkably, the device was primarily used while the participants were going
about their daily routines.