Scientists Test Electrical Stimulation Glove As Poststroke Hand Therapy
From: Rehab Management - 09/12/2016

An experimental stroke therapy involving the wearing of a glove using
electrical sensors could help poststroke patients with hand weakness improve
their hand dexterity more than an existing stimulation technique, according
to a recent study.

In the therapy, developed by researchers at the MetroHealth System, Case
Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Functional Electrical
Stimulation Center, patients control the stimulation to their weak hand by
wearing a glove with sensors on the opposite, unaffected hand.

When the patient opens their unaffected hand, they receive a corresponding
amount of stimulation that opens their weak stroke-affected hand. This puts
the patient back in control of their hand and enables them to participate in
therapy with the assistance of electrical stimulation, notes a media release
from the American Heart Association.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.rehabpub.com/2016/09/scientists-test-electrical-stimulation-glove-poststroke-hand-therapy

Link:
Contralaterally Controlled Functional Electrical Stimulation Improves Hand
  Dexterity in Chronic Hemiparesis
http://stroke.ahajournals.org/content/early/2016/09/08/STROKEAHA.116.013791

Jayme S. Knutson
https://cwru.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/jayme-s-knutson