The Use of the Tip Stim Glove Device to Achieve Coordinated Movement of the Human Hand

The next therapy with the use of Tip Stim took place after a week. The duration of each therapy session was 60 minutes. After the first therapy session and after a week, the parameters of movement coordination and handgrip were examined. The study of motor coordination and grip strength was performed in two different starting positions: sitting (no stabilization) and lying (with stabilization), and with a different position of the examined upper limb. The upper limb was examined in adduction, with the bent elbow joint in the intermediate position of the forearm. In each of the starting positions, first, the range of passive motion in the wrist joint (flexion and extension) and fingers (global flexion and extension) was measured, then the active movement was measured, in the sequence as above. Patients were asked to make movements as quickly and as fully as possible. Measurement of the grip force was performed after testing the ranges of motion and speed/frequency.