Ricerc@Sapienza

Hand rehabilitation therapy is fundamental for post-stroke or post-surgery impairments. Traditional rehabilitation requires the presence of a therapist for executing and controlling therapy: this implies high costs, stress for the patient, and subjective evaluation of the therapy effectiveness. Alternative approaches, based on mechanical and tracking-based gloves, have been recently proposed.

Hand rehabilitation is fundamental after stroke or surgery. Traditional rehabilitation
requires a therapist and implies high costs, stress for the patient, and subjective evaluation of
the therapy effectiveness. Alternative approaches, based on mechanical and tracking-based gloves,
can be really effective when used in virtual reality (VR) environments. Mechanical devices are often
expensive, cumbersome, patient specific and hand specific, while tracking-based devices are not