New “iPARKO” finger extensor facilitation training device for chronic hemiplegic hand after stroke: development and verification of its effectiveness in healthy individuals

Abstract After stroke, hemiplegic individuals have difficulty opening their hands by themselves due to paralysis. A finger extensor facilitation technique was therefore developed to increase the activity of the extensor muscle in hemiplegic individuals who cannot open their paralyzed hands by themse...

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Main Authors: Ai Nakamura, Zhou Peichen, Yoshifumi Morita, Hirofumi Tanabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-04-01
Series:ROBOMECH Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40648-023-00248-w