INTRODUCTION: Brain injuries, such as stroke, result in neurological
deficits of varying severity, which generally damage the extremities of the limbs and may
lead to the individual's dependence on different activities of daily living. Under these
conditions, technological assessment tools that combine precision of results, interactivity and
motivational appeal are interesting to occupational therapy interventions. OBJECTIVE: To
compare and measure the efficacy of a low-cost virtual device based on the human-computer
interface as an evaluation tool in the rehabilitation of the hand of stroke survivors. Method:
Quantitative, descriptive, clinical and randomized clinical trial. Sample: 13 individuals
between 30 and 78 years old, of both sexes. Divided into the groups: clinical (GC1), n = 3
(AVE patients), and control (GC2), n = 10 (healthy volunteers). Each group was submitted to
the protocol of procedures over 10 weeks (1st week: admission, 5th week: reassessment, and
10th week: discharge). Each week, in a single session, up to three attempts bilaterally were
performed to obtain mean values of muscle strength (MCR and dynamometry), ADM
(goniometer), sensory perception (esteiometer), and Functional Independence Measure (MIF) were compared with the registers of the Data Glove. Only GC1 received rehabilitation
interventions in Occupational Therapy between the evaluation times. GC2 only went through
data collection in the three defined times. Statistical analysis: ANOVA, Fischer post-test - p
<0.05. Column charts (mean ± standard deviation), GraphPad Prism 6.0. RESULTS: The
findings suggest that: muscle strength (MCR), sensory perception and GCM flexion ROM
improved significantly. Muscle strength (dynamometer) showed subtle improvement. MIF
shows functional recovery in the GC¹. The data glove manages to gather in its graphs results
inferred by the physical tests, and functional. CONCLUSION: It is suggested that the Data
Glove is a promising technological tool to measure patient gains during rehabilitation and can
record differences in functional and physical damage in stroke survivors.
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