FINGER stroke rehabilitation robot demo

After suffering a stroke, many patients will be left with functional impairment requiring rehabilitation. Robotic devices may have an important role in assisting in stroke patients with physical therapy, but also have the potential to collect valuable information on the efficacy of rehabilitation techniques.

In new research published in BioMed Central's Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation, Eric Wolbrecht from the University of Idaho, USA, David Reinkensmeyer from the University of California, Irvine, USA, and colleagues describe the development and preliminary testing of a new robot called 'FINGER', which can assist with finger rehabilitation.

Find out more about FINGER in this Q&A with Wolbrecht and Reinkensmeyer on BioMed Central's online magazine Biome: http://www.biomedcentral.com/biome/er...