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Utility of a wearable robot for the fingers that uses pneumatic artificial muscles for patients with post-stroke
Motoki Mita1,2, Koichi Suzumori3, Daisuke Kudo1
1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan.
Abstract:
Mita M, Suzumori K, Kudo D, Saito K, Chida S, Hatakeyama K, Shimada Y, Miyakoshi N. Utility of a wearable robot for the fingers that uses pneumatic artificial muscles for patients with post-stroke spasticity. Jpn J Compr Rehabil Sci 2022; 13: 12-16.
Objective:
We investigated the utility of a wearable robot for the fingers that we developed using pneumatic artificial muscles for rehabilitation of patients with post-stroke spasticity.
Methods:
Three patients with post-stroke finger spasticity underwent rehabilitation for 20 minutes a day, 5 days a week, for 3 weeks. Passive range of motion, Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS), and circumference of each finger were measured before and after training and compared.
Results:
The range of motion and finger circumference increased when using a wearable robot. The MAS improved partially, and no exacerbation was observed.
Conclusions:
The wearable robot we developed is useful for rehabilitation of post-stroke spasticity and may improve venous return.
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