Home rehabilitation supported by a wearable soft-robotic device for improving hand function in older adults: A pilot randomized controlled trial.

Home rehabilitation supported by a wearable soft-robotic device for improving hand function in older adults: A pilot randomized controlled trial.

<h4>Background</h4>New developments, based on the concept of wearable soft-robotic devices, make it possible to support impaired hand function during the performance of daily activities and intensive task-specific training. The wearable soft-robotic ironHand glove is such a system that s...

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Main Authors: Bob Radder, Gerdienke B Prange-Lasonder, Anke I R Kottink, Johnny Holmberg, Kristin Sletta, Manon van Dijk, Thomas Meyer, Alejandro Melendez-Calderon, Jaap H Buurke, Johan S Rietman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220544

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220544

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