Making first contact: What to do with all that information! Part 4
In the previous few posts on what to do with all that assessment information I’ve talked about generating a formulation to guide treatment, and a little about how teams might work together to generate one. This post is a little different because I want to situation the discussion around the ultimate aim of therapy.
I usually work with people who have long-standing pain that hasn’t changed much and doesn’t seem to be disappearing. I’m not a nihilist, but I do wonder if clinicians are trying too hard to “change pain” when the body doesn’t seem to respond all that much to whatever...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - December 12, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: ACT - Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Assessment Clinical reasoning Coping strategies Interdisciplinary teams Occupational therapy Pain conditions Physiotherapy Psychology Science in practice Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, December 13th 2021
In conclusion, there is a good amount of pre-clinical and clinical data showing a strong positive correlation between reduction of senescent cells frequencies and functional improvement of skin. Whether senescence of skin cells makes a significant causal contribution to skin ageing can still not be conclusively decided, however. Nonetheless, there is strong evidence existing today to assume that better understanding of cell senescence in skin may lead to a breakthrough in interventions into skin ageing.
Isomerization of Tau May be Involved in Alzheimer's Disease
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Source: Fight Aging! - December 12, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Exercise Slows Retinal Aging, but Which of the Many Mechanisms Involved are Important?
As researchers note here, there is evidence for exercise to slow retinal aging and the progression of conditions involving retinal degeneration. Exercise affects many aspects of aging, not to the same degree as the practice of calorie restriction, but likely through an overlapping set of mechanisms related to cellular stress response upregulation, including increased autophagy and mitochondrial quality control. There is is a vast forest of interacting metabolic changes to explore, however, and the research community has yet to come to a solid grasp of which of the effects of exercise are the most relevant in any given tiss...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 10, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Build Back Better Act Immigration Provisions – Summary and Analysis
David J. BierThe House has now passed the Build Back Better (BBB) Act (H.R. 5376), which the Senate may or may not pass through the reconciliation process. The bill includes several important immigration-related provisions. This post will explain them in detail.Sec. 60001 – Parole and Work Permits for Long-Term ResidentsBBB would authorize (or require)[1] the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to temporarily provide a legal status known as “parole” to any noncitizen in the United States (including both illegal immigrants and legal temporary workers and their families) who meets the bill ' s eligibility criteria.El...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 30, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: David J. Bier Source Type: blogs
Wireless Electronic Sensor to Monitor Bone Health
Engineers and orthopedic specialists at the University of Arizona built an ultra-thin wireless sensor that is designed to monitor bone health over long periods of time. The battery-free device is intended to measure a variety of physiological parameters, such as temperature and bone strain, and could be useful for patients with osteoporosis or to monitor healing and guide rehabilitation after a fracture. The device is affixed to the bone surface using a calcium adhesive, which encourages the bone to grow and fuse with the device surface for long-term implantation.
At present, it is difficult to know precisely how a bone...
Source: Medgadget - November 24, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Informatics Materials Orthopedic Surgery osteoporosis uarizona Source Type: blogs
Washable Fabric Measures Electrical Activity of Muscles
Researchers at the University of Utah engineered a wearable fabric that can function as a biosensor, measuring electrical activity of muscles. The technology could be useful for physical rehabilitation, allowing clinicians and physical therapists to monitor patients’ progress.
The fabric contains a network of silver flakes and gold nanoparticles that provide conductivity and allow electrical signals to be measured in high fidelity using a portable electromyography (EMG) device.
Physical rehabilitation is a cornerstone of recovery from a variety of illnesses and injuries, but obtaining hard EMG data on muscl...
Source: Medgadget - November 17, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Diagnostics Materials Neurology Orthopedic Surgery Rehab Sports Medicine Source Type: blogs
Transforming Physical Rehabilitation with AI: 4 Factors for Success
The following is a guest article by Roy Shteren, PT MPHA, CEO & Co-Founder of WizeCare and Shai David, Solution Architect, Algorithm Developer, CTO & Co-Founder of WizeCare. Only 30% of patients who receive outpatient physical therapy services attend all the visits their insurance company authorizes, costing practices about $250,000 in lost revenue per year. And […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 17, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Healthcare AI Healthcare Machine Learning Healthcare Scene Featured Medical Rehabilitation IT MoveAI No Shows Nonadherence PT Roy Shteren Shai David Tele Source Type: blogs
Digital Health Interests Of Pharma Giants Boehringer Ingelheim, Takeda, Astrazeneca, Amgen And Roche
With their extending reaches, resources and influence, pharmaceutical heavyweights have the potential to shape the digital health landscape to line up with their interests. And to have a better picture of where those interests lie, it is worth taking a look at what moves pharma giants are making in this sphere. With this in mind, we started a series of articles focusing on the digital health efforts of 14 global pharma companies.
The first article explored developments coming from Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Bayer and Novartis, while the second article investigated those coming from Merck, GlaxoSmithKline, AbbV...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 4, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: TMF Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Digital Health Research Future of Pharma sleep patient empowerment pharmaceutics roche MySugr Astra-Zeneca DTx takeda Boehringer Ingelheim Amgen digitisation Quire.ai Renalytix Eko Source Type: blogs
Robotic Textiles for Breathing Recovery
Researchers at MIT, alongside collaborators from Uppsala University and KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, developed a ‘robotic textile’ that consists of an array of actuatable fibers. The fiber actuators are powered using compressed air, and can perform an impressive array of movements. Garments made using such fibers can sense how they’re stretched and compressed, and can provide tactile feedback at the same time. Although these fabrics have a multitude of uses, the researchers initially propose that the technology could assist patients in recovering breathing patterns after surgery or respiratory ill...
Source: Medgadget - October 20, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Materials Rehab kthuniversity mit uppsalauniversity Source Type: blogs
Thought experiment: Would therapists be out of a job if we could “ fix ” persistent pain?
Every few years someone, somewhere, announces that “it won’t be long before we have a treatment to rid the world of persistent pain.” And there’s a hiss and roar to celebrate this momentous finding, and much ado about how wonderful it will be.
I’m still waiting. BUT I thought it might be an interesting thought experiment to wonder what might happen if a “cure” was available for fibromyalgia.
As readers will know, I have lived with what eventually was named “fibromyalgia” since my early 20’s, and probably longer. I’ve dabbled in various treatments ove...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - October 10, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Chronic pain Pain conditions Professional topics Research Science in practice biopsychosocial pain management Therapeutic approaches Source Type: blogs
EvoWalk Digital Therapy Platform: Interview with Pierluigi Mantovani, CEO at Evolution Devices
Evolution Devices, a company based in California, created a functional electrical stimulation device to assist people with foot drop to walk more freely. Foot drop is caused by muscle weakness/paralysis, and those affected struggle to lift the front part of their foot, which makes walking difficult and can lead to falls.
The product is called EvoWalk, and it consists of an electrical stimulation device that stimulates muscles in the leg that can lift the foot at exactly the right time during walking. The device gathers data on patient activity which can be monitored by a physical therapist remotely and during in-per...
Source: Medgadget - October 5, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Exclusive Neurology Rehab evolutiondevices evowalk Source Type: blogs
Equality Act Could Undermine Business Defendants In Web Access Suits
Walter OlsonThere ’s probably no issue of regulation on which I’ve been sounding the alarm for a longer time than on web accessibility, as it ’s called. (Exampleshere,here,here,here, andhere, amongmany others.) Many disabled ‐rights advocates believe it should be, or already is, a violation of federal law for a business or a professional practice to post content online that is not fully accessible. That means, e.g., fitted out with video captions and action descriptions, alternative text, or alternative navigation methods for the benefit of potential users who are blind, deaf, or lacking in t...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 4, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Walter Olson Source Type: blogs
3 ways your rehabilitation doctor advocates for you
If you ’ve ever been in a serious accident or traumatic event leaving you with one or multiple injuries, you’ve probably met the rehab doctors a few times. Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R, also called physiatry) is a branch of medicine geared towards helping people heal and adapt to new circumstances after their diagnosis using medicationsRead more …3 ways your rehabilitation doctor advocates for you originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 4, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/ton-la-jr" rel="tag" > Ton La, Jr., JD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Orthopedics Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, October 4th 2021
In conclusion, premature thymic involution and chronic inflammation greatly contribute to increased morbidity and mortality in CKD patients. Mechanisms are likely to be multiple and interlinked. Even when the quest to fountain of youth is a pipe dream, there are many scientific opportunities to prevent or to, at least in part, reverse CKD-related immune senescence. Further studies should precisely define most important pathways driving premature immune ageing in CKD patients and best therapeutic options to control them.
Extending Life Without Extending Health: Vast Effort Directed to the Wrong Goals
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Source: Fight Aging! - October 3, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Chronic Kidney Disease and an Accelerated Aging of the Immune System
In conclusion, premature thymic involution and chronic inflammation greatly contribute to increased morbidity and mortality in CKD patients. Mechanisms are likely to be multiple and interlinked. Even when the quest to fountain of youth is a pipe dream, there are many scientific opportunities to prevent or to, at least in part, reverse CKD-related immune senescence. Further studies should precisely define most important pathways driving premature immune ageing in CKD patients and best therapeutic options to control them. (Source: Fight Aging!)
Source: Fight Aging! - September 29, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
