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IIT Madras, CMC Vellore develop affordable indigenous robot for hand rehabilitation

IIT Madras, CMC Vellore develop affordable indigenous robot for hand rehabilitation

IIT Madras, CMC Vellore develop affordable indigenous robot for hand rehabilitationIANS

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) and Christian Medical College, Vellore (CMC Vellore) on Friday announced the development of a cost-effective and portable plug-and-train robot for hand rehabilitation.

Called ‘PLUTO’ (Plug and Train Robot), this device technology was licensed through Technology Transfer Office-TTO ICSR and commercialised by Thryv Rehab Solutions.

It addresses a significant gap in the current rehabilitation market. This innovative device is well-positioned to meet the growing demand for affordable and adaptable rehabilitation solutions in clinical and home settings.

PLUTO is also the first and only indigenous robot to have been tested in Indian homes, demonstrating that PLUTO can deliver intense therapy and make therapy accessible.

PLUTO has also benefitted more than 1,000 patients across 11 different clinics across India in the last four years.

The patented technology offers precise therapeutic movements and real-time feedback, ensuring better outcomes for patients with conditions such as stroke, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, Parkinsons’ disease, and post hand-surgery, among others.

The device is well-suited for use in rehabilitation centres, clinics, hospitals, and even patients’ homes, bridging the gap in accessibility to effective, affordable hand rehabilitation solutions. The innovation’s cost-effectiveness and portability make it a transformative tool in the healthcare industry.

“PLUTO revolutionises hand rehabilitation by providing an affordable and accessible solution for patients with post-stroke conditions. Its portability enables timely and consistent therapy at home or bedside, improving recovery outcomes and reducing dependency on caregivers,” said Prof. Sujatha Srinivasan, Head of TTK Center for Rehabilitation Research and Device Development at IIT Madras.

“Over 1,000 patients with hand impairments have used the device for therapy; at least 15 patients per week use PLUTO for routine hand therapy at CMC Vellore. PLUTO was also the first and only indigenous robot to have been tested in Indian homes, demonstrating that PLUTO can deliver intense therapy and make therapy accessible,” added Prof. Sivakumar Balasubramanian, Department of Bioengineering, CMC Vellore.

Robot's modular design uses recyclable materials and energy-efficient processes

Robot’s modular design uses recyclable materials and energy-efficient processesshiksha

The cost-effective device minimises production costs while delivering high functionality, making advanced rehabilitation accessible to a broader audience. Its affordability reduces financial strain on healthcare systems and patients, promoting widespread adoption.

The robot’s modular design uses recyclable materials and energy-efficient processes, reducing waste and environmental impact. Its adaptability eliminates the need for multiple devices, supporting sustainable healthcare innovation.

PLUTO is a modular, portable robot that facilitates advanced hand rehabilitation therapy with adaptive assistance and therapeutic gaming.

The device provides targeted therapy for wrist and hand movements using a single actuator and a set of interchangeable mechanical handles.

The modular design ensures versatility, allowing training of various functions such as wrist flexion/extension, forearm pronation/supination, and hand opening-closing.

(With inputs from IANS)

Study reveals women-centric cardiac rehabilitation guidelines to improve their quality of life



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Aug 31, 2022 14:49 IST

Amsterdam [Netherlands], August 31 (ANI): Women with heart problems (CVD) have poorer outcomes and are much less possible to take part in preventative and rehabilitation programmes than males worldwide. The International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (ICCPR) convened a panel of specialists who developed a medical follow guideline that was endorsed by 24 medical societies worldwide to present steerage to the cardiac rehabilitation neighborhood on how to ship simpler women-focused programming.
The findings of the research had been printed within the Canadian Journal of Cardiology.
“It has lengthy been established that girls are considerably much less possible to entry and full cardiac rehab (CR), and that their outcomes are sometimes poorer, regardless of larger want than males,” defined lead creator Sherry L. Grace, PhD, CRFC, Faculty of Health, York University; and KITE-Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. “Accordingly, ‘women-focused’ fashions of CR have been developed to higher have interaction girls and optimize their outcomes. There is now adequate proof on women-focused CR to make suggestions to the CR neighborhood.”
This ICCPR medical follow guideline offers steerage to the CR neighborhood on how finest to design applications for girls with CVD, together with stroke and peripheral arterial illness (PAD), and the way to enhance their engagement, with the aim of optimizing girls’s outcomes (i.e., demise, hospitalization, perform, psychosocial wellbeing, and quality of life). Cost, useful resource implications, feasibility, and affected person preferences are foremost issues within the suggestions.
The ICCPR recognized women-focused CR researchers by way of a assessment of the scientific literature and applications providing women-focused CR world wide as recognized by way of ICCPR’s Global Audit. Individuals and applications that consented to take part shaped a writing and consensus panel together with specialists with numerous geographic illustration who’re multidisciplinary healthcare suppliers, a policymaker, and affected person companions. This group drafted and reviewed the suggestions. The draft then underwent exterior assessment from CR societies internationally and was posted on-line for public remark earlier than finalization. One third of the research recognized within the assessment that shaped the premise for the rule got here from Canada, which is taken into account to be a pacesetter in women-focused CR.
The guideline presents 15 suggestions relating to referral (i.e., automated plus encouragement), setting (e.g., alternative of supply mode, atmosphere, tailoring, and workers coaching), and supply (e.g., session timing choices, most well-liked kind of train, psychosocial evaluation and care, and schooling on girls and coronary heart illness). When adopted, these suggestions and the related instruments compiled can feasibly assist some extent of women-focused CR as half of any program.
Key suggestions are:

Women ought to be systematically referred to CR to cut back bias and inspired to attend earlier than hospital discharge by way of two-way fulsome dialogue to overcome gender-related obstacles.
Particular issues when creating a lady’s tailor-made rehab plan embrace contemplating their contextual and full medical historical past, akin to any psychological well being and psychosocial points, menopausal standing, frailty, most cancers historical past, and considerations about urinary incontinence, falls danger/osteoporosis, in addition to autoimmune circumstances.
All applications ought to provide women-focused programming, comprising as many of the definitional parts of women-focused CR as attainable. Where sources are restricted, this might embrace providing, for instance, some women-only digital schooling or train periods or peer assist applications.
Women ought to be given a alternative in taking part in a center-based (medical or neighborhood) or home-based setting, delivered in a women-friendly atmosphere, and their wants/preferences ought to be considered when formulating their applications.
Programs ought to embrace a robust psychosocial element, alternative of train modalities, in addition to particular schooling on girls and CVD. The psychosocial wants of girls ought to be assessed and addressed in an evidence-based method (e.g., social assist, relationship well being, melancholy, nervousness, stress, socioeconomic points, casual caregiving actions).
“For the primary time, there are a consensus definition and suggestions for women-focused CR, so it’s hoped now that many applications will incorporate these parts into their applications,” stated Prof. Grace. “If carried out, extra girls could have interaction in CR, and consequently have considerably larger quality and amount of life.”
“The ICCPR acknowledges that throughout the globe girls have skilled worse outcomes from CVD and worse uptake to prevention and rehabilitation applications,” commented Robyn Gallagher, MN, PhD, Chair, ICCPR, and Sydney Nursing School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. “The Women-Focused Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Clinical Practice Guideline offers suggestions that may assist clinicians and well being service designers to develop and ship applications that deal with this inequity for girls, regardless of useful resource contexts.”
CVD is the main trigger of demise amongst girls globally with a prevalence of over 6,400 instances per 100,000. While the worldwide CVD burden has decreased since 1990, it has elevated in lots of African, Asian in addition to Western-Pacific international locations, and the worldwide decline in prevalence has stagnated since 2010. Fewer girls with CVD obtain diagnostic exams, secondary prevention medicine, and revascularization procedures in contrast with males. (ANI)


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