Traditional Occupational and Physical therapy provides the patient task orientated training [TOT] in the form of intensive repetition of everyday functional or active daily living tasks. Motor/ sensory feedback from the result of the task allows correction in the planning, initialization and performance of the task and assists in rehabilitation. At the same time the intensive performance of these tasks will improve movement ability e.g strength and range of motion.

Of course it is essential that the patient remains motivated and challenged to continue exercising and this is where computer games keeps the patient's interest and provides the challenge to continue gross motor movement fitness, strength and balance exercises.

However the WII or play station does not provide isolated and coordinated finger and wrist fine movement training. Instead there is the need for a dedicated rehabilitation glove and software. Research with the Hand Tutor has shown that challenging games and biofeedback provides patients with the motivation to continue intensive repetitive fine motor finger and wrist exercises. The glove is easy and quick to put on even by the patient themselves as it has been designed for rehabilitation and not research.