Three Hand Therapy boards, designed for the patient and therapist. Self supported, two sided A-Frame, Folds. **BE SURE TO READ Therapist written Article in Additional Documentation**
The boards are made of MDF - medium density fiberboard. Sturdy cabinet hinges hold the top of the A-frame together. The bottom has a support hinge, which allows the board to fold for storage.
Stroke Patients do not know what to do after discharge and have a one year window to find therapy tools that get the job done.
The best we have to offer in the line of take home modes of therapy are not enough to motivate the users to full hand recovery. 75% of stroke patients go untreated.
Short hospital stays, complications of trauma, and the usual regime of ADL's have not and can not lead a patient to full hand recovery.
Twin graded activity boards offer the patient/therapist motivation by using the same therapy at home as in the clinic. The therapist models various reaches and then sends the patient home with the same instructions. Offering the essentials to fundamental recovery,
this concept is powerful, as it tends to help the patient with the complications of trauma and the therapist dealing with short hospital stays.
In addition, the clinical board utilizes a more measurable tool for outpatient results.
All items are shipped UPS and come with instructions for use. Since the boards are custom made, you must allow at least two (2) weeks from receipt of order for delivery.
This item is meant for clinical use under the supervision of a clinician. If you are ordering it without the benefit of clinical instruction, The Hand Therapist or R. Goodwin cannot be held responsible for injury resulting from misuse of this product.
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THT-LGCBD
Large Clinical Board |
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THT-LTHBD
Large Take-Home Board |
Flaccid muscle tone - Excellent Mimicking Capabilities
Floppy or weak tone is highly favorable for full hand return. Its regenerative
potentials are good due to the brain’s ability to receive signals, as compared to
spastic tone where signals are stuck.
Coronary type injury has potential, as well, but needs close monitoring.
Flaccid muscle tone in its severity is able to regenerate, as the brain receives
the signals through passive ROM. *No functional movement is necessary
with this type of tone. The secret is to start ROM in clinic – repetitively, and to
send the patient home with the same reaching activity.
Time in clinic may involve teaching the patient passive ROM through reaching.
One fifteen minute session should suffice with brief instruction to set the take
home board up in a safe and easy to access location.
Two very potent principles connect here. First, the therapy used in clinic can
have a monumental effect on a post stroke depressed patient. Having the same
therapy used in clinic on the kitchen table gives the patient a sense of control as
goals are achieved. What more can be said of the patient gaining full hand
return and returning to every day life through this mode of activity.
Second, repetitive movement is not just another therapy, rather it is the brain’s
formula for remapping its pathways back to functional movement. Repeating
the same movement over and over again or repetitive reach training is the path
to recovery for neurological hand deficits.
The patient should know that ADLs lack the power of sequential drill. The
brain must have a pattern to follow as with repetitive training.
A publication from Stroke Rehabilitation, states, “ Task Specific and repetitive
exercises appear to be key factors in promoting synapogenesis and are central
elements in rehabilitation of motor weakness following stroke.”
Rose Goodwin, Rehab Specialist
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