Hand Osteoarthritis Rehabilitation

Hand osteoarthritis is an inflammation that causes pain and stiffness in the joints. It usually happens in three places:

• The base of your thumb, where it meets the wrist.
• fingertips
• Middle knuckles of the fingers

Hand Osteoarthritis Symptoms

Hand osteoarthritis causes the bones to rub together without a cushion. This rubbing results in mild inflammation, deformity, limited range of motion, a weak grip, swelling and pain…

Hand Osteoarthritis causes:

The exact cause of hand arthritis is unknown. The condition usually develops due to wear and tear of the joint, which occurs gradually over time especially for elderly, people born with malformed joints or defective cartilage, those have a family member who also has degenerative joint pain of the hands and people with a job that requires a lot of hand work such as manufacturing.

Hand Osteoarthritis treatment:

There’s no specific cure for this illness, but there are ways to protect the joints and feel better. In fact, People with hand OA need to go through some exercises to maintain flexibility in their hands in which the stiffness and discomfort in their hands worsens over time if they do not.

For this reason, the Portable Rehabilitation Robotic Gloves are designed to improve the quality of hand training and gradually enhance the mobility in the hands.

 The SIFREHAB-1.0 has a multi-sensory rehabilitation exercises, which helps in recovering the lost sensation and regaining strength in both hands and fingers. All that the patient has to do is to complete the daily rehabilitation training plan, and follow the instructions of the task-oriented training including the Mirror therapy + Flexion and Extension exercises which minimize muscle tension, enhance blood circulation, relieve edema, and prevent muscle weakening. 

While, The SIFREHAB-1.1 comes with a Single finger training which is effective for the rehabilitation of damaged fingers. During use, the patient can set the flexion and extension time separately according to the level of muscle tension to help the fingers flexion and extension.in addition to that, this model offers a passive training mode which is controlled by the sifrehab drive, in which the force between the exoskeleton and the hand detected by the sensors synchronizes the movement of the hand,enforces the motion ability and  induce patients to participate in rehabilitation training actively. 

Overall, the SIFREHAB-1.0 or SIFREHAB-1.1 are beneficial for patients with Hand OA because these robotic gloves not only assist physicians to enhance their performance by offering better rehabilitation treatment but also allow patients to exercise safely and freely at home. Thus, the rehabilitative impact is improved and the process is accelerated.

Ref: Hand Arthritis: Symptoms, Treatment, and More