New device helps Hong Kong stroke victim recover arm movement
The hybrid system emits electrical stimulation to assist stroke patients to use the right part of their muscles - in a coordination of muscular contraction and relaxation.
For the first time in eight years, Yeung Hau-chuk can move his left arm - with the help of an award-winning rehabilitation sleeve.
Yeung, 65, experienced a stroke in 2007. He has since achieved significant improvement after training with a new hybrid system which combines electric stimulation with traditional robotic technologies to speed up the recovery of his limb movement.
"Now I can open my arm wide. Before, my left arm hadn't moved at all for almost eight years," said Yeung, who visited 14 mainland hospitals for treatment before ending up at Polytechnic University last year for a last chance at rehabilitation.
He can also squeeze towels and dress himself, which were once impossible.
The hybrid system emits electrical stimulation to assist stroke patients to use the right part of their muscles - in a coordination of muscular contraction and relaxation.
