To Determine the Therapeutic Effect of the Music Glove and Conventional Hand Exercises to Patients With Spinal Cord Injuries
To Determine the Therapeutic Effect of the Music Glove and Conventional Hand Exercises to Patients With Spinal Cord Injuries
We are trying to determine the therapeutic effect of the music glove and conventional hand
 exercise program to patients with spinal cord injuries. All participants will be randomized
 into two groups: AB and BA. They will all exercise at least 3 times a week for 3 weeks with a
 minimal 3 hours exercise time per week. Participants will receive the other intervention at
 their 3 week post therapy follow up visits. Clinical evaluations will be performed at
 baseline 1 and 2 (3 to 10 days apart), post therapy after first intervention, 3-week post
 therapy follow up, post therapy after second intervention, and 3-week post second
 intervention follow up visits.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  History of spinal cord injury affecting the arm and hand functions, at least 6 months
 prior to enrollment

 -  Upper extremity weakness as measured on a standard clinical scale

 -  No active major psychiatric problems, or neurological/orthopedic problems affecting
 the training upper extremity

 -  No active major neurological disease other than the spinal cord injury

 -  Absence of pain in the affected upper extremity

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Severe tone at the affected upper extremity as measured on a standard clinical scale

 -  Severe sensory/proprioception deficit at the affected upper extremity as measured on a
 standard clinical scale

 -  Difficulty in understanding or complying with instructions given by the experimenter

 -  Inability to perform the experimental task that will be studied

 -  Increased pain with movement of the training upper extremity