Home-based Hand Rehabilitation Guidelines for Stroke Patients

Studies showed that almost 70%-80% of stroke patients have hemiplegia, aphasia, cognitive dysfunction and other sequelae, seriously affecting patients life quality; at the same time, stroke has a high recurrence rate and high mortality rate. To consolidate the effect and avoid recurrence of stroke, patients still need lots of home rehabilitation training after they finish ultra-early hand rehabilitation training in hospitals or rehabilitation centers.

Scientific and systemic home rehabilitation plays a crucial role in reducing the recurrence rate and mortality rate of stroke and helping patients better return to daily life. Here are some rehabilitation expert instructions on how to properly act home rehabilitation training for stroke patients with hand dysfunction.

Standard hand rehabilitation training at home

Grasping training-The patient holds a wooden stick with the affected hand, then releases. Pick up the stick again and repeat the movement. Keep the affected upper limb straight while training.

Coordination training of thumb and other fingers- The affected thumb works with the other four fingers to pick up small or thin objects (such as pencils, erasers, wooden stick, etc.) and move them from one place to another.

Relax muscles before and after training

With the help of family members, the patient's muscles need to be relaxed before and after training; the force is required to be soft, slow and gradual during the training.

Keep training every week

Based on the results of comprehensive examination, patients and their families need to formulate home rehabilitation plan and goals. At the beginning of rehabilitation training, the intensity should be a process of adaptation, from low to vigorous. The frequency of training, in principle, is 5 times per week, at least 1 hour each time.

Use professional assistive devices to improve rehabilitation efficiency

To help stroke patients complete activities of daily living with less effort and improve self-care ability, household assistive devices are recommended to use during rehabilitation training such as the advanced hand rehabilitation robots. Combining soft robotic exoskeleton technology and neuroscience, rehab robots can accelerate central nervous reshaping and hand function recovery through active and passive integrated training.

Syrebo hand rehabilitation glove including three training modes is a best companion for patients recovering at home. Its passive flexion and extension training can drive patient's affected hand to grasp objects, helping them exercise the grasping function of hand. Under innovative mirror training mode, the healthy hand drives the affected hand to move synchronously, activating the mirror neurons and promoting the autonomic recovery of the brain. By central nervous intervention, this training can greatly speed up the rehabilitation process. Moreover, the robot is included the game training to make rehabilitation more interesting and stimulate patient's active participation.

With the help of Syrebo hand rehabilitation glove, stroke patients can acquire professional rehabilitation training at home, accelerating the recovery process and improving the quality of life.