Plain-language explainers of published, peer-reviewed research on hand rehabilitation robots and gloves. Each article summarizes a real study — with its design, key results and original source — so patients, families and clinicians can weigh the evidence.
This is a case report: a detailed description of the rehabilitation of a single patient — a 66-year-old who had suffered a middle cerebral artery (MCA) infarct,…
Read the study →Mirror therapy is a well-established stroke-rehabilitation technique: a mirror is positioned so that the reflection of the unaffected arm appears in place of th…
Read the study →This is a case report: the detailed, real-world tracking of a single patient rather than a controlled trial. A case report sits lower on the evidence ladder tha…
Read the study →Researchers wanted to know a simple, practical question: if a stroke patient adds a robotic rehabilitation glove to their normal physiotherapy, do they actually…
Read the study →This 2021 randomized controlled study asked whether a mirror motion rehabilitation robot could help stroke patients recover hand movement during the sub-acute s…
Read the study →Most rehabilitation studies ask whether adding a device beats standard care. This 2024 randomized controlled study asked a sharper, more revealing question: whe…
Read the study →When a child or teenager experiences brain damage — for example from a stroke, an injury, or a condition affecting the developing brain — the hand is often one …
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