Traditional, hospital-based stroke rehabilitation can be labor-intensive and expensive. Furthermore, outcomes from rehabilitation are inconsistent across individuals and recovery is hard to predict.

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A towering 5,000 feet high, with more than 7,000 steps, Mount Tai, in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong, is known for turning legs to jelly for anyone game for scaling to the top.

The participants were then fitted with a robotic exoskeleton capable of moving each finger up and down four times a second. The pianists improved after a single 30-minute session using the robot hand.