Could letting your less-affected (good) arm 'teach' your more-affected (bad) arm be the 'future' of stroke rehab? 🧠🤖 Obviously so many do this without stroke tech, but can tech work WITH this?
Rice University in Texas are testing a full-arm wearable exoskeleton, worn on both arms at once, that maps the movement of your stronger arm onto your weaker one, joint by joint. Basically, instead of a machine dragging your affected arm through a movement, your own good arm drives it in real time.
As you know, many rehab robots work by moving your more-affected limb for you while you sit there fairly disengaged. And obvs your brain doesn't rebuild much when it isn't doing the work itself.
As lead researcher Keya Ghonasgi puts it, being moved by a machine is a bit like trying to learn tennis by having a coach move your arm for you. This device does the opposite; it still supports you, but it makes you drive the movement yourself, which is much closer to how the brain actually relearns...
The team wired people up with EEG (brain activity) and EMG (muscle activity) to see whether the brain is more engaged in this 'self-driven' mode than in the passive one. Because the exoskeleton works joint by joint, they also think it could rebuild cleaner joint control and cut compensation habits (eg, over-using the shoulder) that so often leads to fatigue and injury furter on down the line.
Now, the where and when; t's US-based and lab-only for now, with no product and no timeline yet, so we're talking years away from any clinic, let alone the NHS. ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery says: we know the principle here is spot on, and it's one we touch on constantly; that 'support' is fine, but YOU have to be the one doing the work for the brain to change.
Good to see the tech being built around this idea at last… IN THE MEANTIME, using the good hand to encourage the bad hand is, in the ARNI Stroke Bible (Successful Stroke Survivor by Tom Balchin), called the 'minimal assists'. Read more about it in there www.strokesolutions.co.uk/product/successful-stroke-survivor-manual/
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Healthy neurons in our brain have the ability to rewire. This incredible ability means that brains can be retrained after strokes to potentially restore impaired functions. Behaviors and experiences play a key role in the process.
ARNI techniques provide you with the right activities for your brain to rewire itself. To find out if there's a trainer near you who can help you call us on 0203 053 0111 or email support@arni.uk.com
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Dr Tom, ARNI Director and stroke survivor, demonstrates incredible hand and wrist power showing a strongman heavy hammer leverage stunt in his home gym. He has a homemade shot-loadable steel tube weighing 26lb fixed to an axe-handle.
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Healthy neurons in our brain have the ability to rewire. This incredible ability means that brains can be retrained after strokes to potentially restore impaired functions. Behaviors and experiences play a key role in the process.
ARNI techniques provide you with the right activities for your brain to rewire itself. To find out if there's a trainer near you who can help you call us on 0203 053 0111 or email support@arni.uk.com
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Regaining movement after stroke is all about finding the right rehabilitation method that works for you.
Always remember to choose something that’s motivating but not frustrating and you’ll be on the road to recovery.
Call ARNI today to see if we have an ARNI instructor near you who can work with you on your recovery. Tel. 0203 053 0111 or email support@arni.uk.com
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Muhammad Ali, the world champion boxer, said "I hated every minute of training, but I said, don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life a champion"
Wise words!
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The stroke rehabilitation literature suggests that the first three to six months are typically when most spontaneous functional motor recovery will occur. This first recovery mechanism is essentially a resolution of harmful local factors, which generally account for early spontaneous improvement after stroke. These processes include resolution of local edema, resorption of local toxins, improvement of local circulation, and recovery of partially damaged ischemic neurons.
After this time, please don’t let ANYONE tell you ‘that’s it’, because you then have the potential to restore significant function at whatever point from injury you happen to be, whether it is a month or 10 years. You can take advantage of the second major recovery mechanism: neuroplasticity, which can take place early or late. This is the ability of the nervous system to modify its structural and functional organisation. The two most plausible forms of plasticity are collateral sprouting of new synaptic connections and the unmasking of neural pathways and synapses that are not normally used, but that can be called upon when the dominant system fails.
Need some help? Call us on 0203 053 0111 or email support@arni.uk.com to find out if there's an instructor near you who can help you with your recovery.
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It's important to 'test' your growing walking capability on different terrains; as you are training for coping with the outside world.
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