Stroke Rehabilitation Technology That's Fun And Can Be Used At Home

Using tracking tasks to assess movement problems in the arm after a stroke. (Credit: Image courtesy of University of Southampton)

ScienceDaily (Oct. 10, 2009) — Stroke rehabilitation technology which patients can operate in their own homes while playing computer games, is being developed by academics at the University of Southampton.

Therapists, doctors, engineers and psychologists at the University have come together to set up ARM (Assessment, Rehabilitation, Movement) – a unique initiative that is using ideas from industrial robots to help patients regain and control movement of the arm and hand after a stroke.

"We felt it was important for people to have fun while they recovered," said Professor Jane Burridge of the University of Southampton’s School of Health Sciences. "In fact we find it’s often difficult to get them to stop playing the computer games!"

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