TY - JOUR
AU - Abelson, Carol
AB - IDEAS EXCHANGE THE ARELSON-HOMAYOON FINGER EXERCISING GAME The Abelson-Homayoon Finger Ex- easy grasp and pull. Each spring ercising Game was developed by the offers approximately two pounds of Occupational Therapy Department of resistance which can be readily up- the Shriners' Hospital for Crippled graded by clipping on extra springs Children, Montreal Unit, with the or by increasing the distance between technical assistance of the Handi- the ring and the adjustable hand rest. capped Aid, a group of graduate The hand rest provides a stabilizing engineers operating under a Local point for the palm and thumb, freeing Initiatives Program grant. the fingers to grasp the rings and pull The idea for this apparatus arose them in to touch the aluminum border out of the great need for toys and of the hand rest. On contacting this games to motivate children in aluminum border the lights and tones strengthening muscles of the hand of the respective ring are triggered, (abductors, adductors, short and long providing the child with immediate flexors of the fingers) and to encour- visual and auditory feedback and age active involvement of a neglected hence, positive reinforcement for his hand through play. successful performance. A system of eight 
TI - The Abelson-Homayoon Finger Exercising Game
JF - Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy
DO - 10.1177/000841747304000306
DA - 1973-06-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/the-abelson-homayoon-finger-exercising-game-0X4mz0PLNr
SP - 153
EP - 154
VL - 40
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -