Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2017 Jul;2017:3856-3859. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2017.8037698.
We aim to assess the feasibility of using the RAPAEL Smart Glove as an assistive tool for therapists in clinical rehabilitation therapy settings and to investigate if it can be used to improve the motor recovery rate of stroke survivors. Our randomized controlled study involved 13 post-stroke inpatients. An experimental treatment consisted of one 30-minute game-assisted therapy and one 30-minute conventional therapy per day while the control treatment consisted of two 30-minute conventional therapies. Each therapy block consisted of 15 days over a period of 3 weeks. The measured outcomes were the scores on the Wolf Motor Function Test and the active range of motion for the forearm and the wrist. The mean Wolf Motor Function Test score for the group that received game therapies as well as conventional therapies was significantly higher than that for the group who received only conventional therapies. The results suggest that the motor recovery rate of the clinical rehabilitation therapies can be improved when wearable sensors and therapeutic games are used by therapists in their routine therapy practice.
我们旨在评估将RAPAEL智能手套用作临床康复治疗环境中治疗师的辅助工具的可行性，并研究其是否可用于提高中风幸存者的运动恢复率。我们的随机对照研究纳入了13名中风后住院患者。实验性治疗包括每天一次30分钟的游戏辅助治疗和一次30分钟的传统治疗，而对照治疗包括两次30分钟的传统治疗。每个治疗阶段为期3周，共15天。测量的结果是Wolf运动功能测试的得分以及前臂和手腕的主动活动范围。接受游戏治疗以及传统治疗的组的Wolf运动功能测试平均得分显著高于仅接受传统治疗的组。结果表明，治疗师在日常治疗实践中使用可穿戴传感器和治疗游戏时，临床康复治疗的运动恢复率可以提高。
