Integrating and monitoring hand burn rehabilitative treatment using Virtual Reality.

Objectives: Hand burn is not a common condition in the clinical practice and needs a long and laboured rehabilitative treatment to restore the lost function.

Methods: This case report illustrates the achievable improvements in mobility and function by using innovative inertial systems for occupational exercise in a Virtual Reality, in addition to a traditional rehabilitative treatment.

Results: Through these instruments, we could promote and concurrently assess the recovery of a functional grasp and the ability in the execution of Activities of Daily Living.

Development and Validation of a Predictive Model for Functional Outcome After Stroke Rehabilitation: The Maugeri Model.

Background And Purpose: Prediction of outcome after stroke rehabilitation may help clinicians in decision-making and planning rehabilitation care. We developed and validated a predictive tool to estimate the probability of achieving improvement in physical functioning (model 1) and a level of independence requiring no more than supervision (model 2) after stroke rehabilitation.

Methods: The models were derived from 717 patients admitted for stroke rehabilitation.