{"141571":{"#nid":"141571","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Vibrating Musical Glove Improves Sensation and Mobility in Spinal Cord Injury Patients","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EResearchers at Georgia Tech have seen an improvement in sensation and movement in the hands of people with paralyzing spinal cord injury (SCI) after wearing a glove that helps them learn to play piano. The Mobile Music Touch (MMT) is a glove that helps them learn to play different songs by vibrating the wearer\u2019s fingers to tell them which keys on a piano keyboard to play. The fact the improved sensation and motor skills occurred in individuals that had sustained their injury more than a year before the study is encouraging as most rehab patients see little improvement after such a period. The MMT system, which evolved from the Piano Touch music learning system previously developed at Georgia Tech, consists of a device attached to the back of the glove that connects wirelessly to a computer, MP3 player or smartphone.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27659","created_gmt":"2012-07-20 10:57:54","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:33","author":"Christopher Ernst","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-07-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-07-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/bit.ly\/Mk6TXk","title":"Source: GizMag"}],"groups":[{"id":"1299","name":"GVU Center"}],"categories":[{"id":"148","name":"Music and Music Technology"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}