The use of touch screens is advancing into rehabilitation. The touch screen surface provides a way to interact with a computer and that makes it possible to play with virtual objects. A particular benefit for rehabilitation therapists is that they can grade the activity.
An Edmonton, Alberta team of Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital researchers, technologists and occupational therapists pooled their talents with University of Alberta computing science academic staff and students over the past year to create a touch screen table top specifically for upper extremity rehabilitation.
Read more: www.albertahealthservices.ca/2957.asp
Search for emerging evidence: www.hubmed.org/search.cgi?q=multi-touch+rehabilitation
Search Google: www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=multi+touch+rehabilitation
Other examples:Multi-Touch Interaction Research at New York University cs.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirtouch/
Perceptive pixel.com www.perceptivepixel.com/
Research evidence abstracts:Using a multi-touch tabletop for upper extremity motor rehabilitation
portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1738869&dl=GUIDE&coll=GUIDE&CFID=111201097&CFTOKEN=35687580#abstract
Analysis of Multitouch Technology for Neurorehabilitation
iactor.eu/downloads/JCR_2(3).pdf