Smart Home Tech

  Soft robotic rehabilitation gloves are making waves in stroke and hemiplegia recovery, offering a powerful new tool for restoring finger movement and hand function. These lightweight, wearable devices use precise actuation—whether pneumatic, tendon-driven, or cable-operated—to gently guide finger flexion and extension, delivering consistent repetitions far beyond what manual therapy alone can achieve ResearchGate +2 MDPI +2 ScienceDirect +2 . Designed for comfort and safety, they offer an appealing alternative to bulky exoskeletons, enabling at-home therapy with real-time performance tracking. Clinical studies validate their impact: a meta-analysis of randomized trials found soft robotic gloves significantly improved upper-extremity function based on standardized tests like Fugl-Meyer and the Jebsen–Taylor hand function test, especially when worn for sessions over 30 minutes PMC +1 Frontiers +1 . Another multicenter RCT involving a commercially available “smart glove” added 30...