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Medline buys Canadian stroke rehab device maker NeuroGym
Medline has acquired physical therapy and rehabilitation equipment maker NeuroGym Technologies of Ottawa. NeuroGym’s equipment is designed for people who have had a stroke or other traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, chronic neurological conditions such as multiple sclerosis, balance issues and/or the need for fall prevention therapy. The equipment requires the patient to initiate movement, which the company says can help rewire the brain and speed recovery. It includes a sit-to-stand trainer, bungee mobility trainer to re-teach walking and improve balance, a pendulum stepper for lower extremity strength and r...
Source: Mass Device - July 11, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Nancy Crotti Tags: Blog Source Type: news

Necessity of early-stage verticalization in patients with brain and spinal cord injuries: Preliminary study.
Abstract BACKGROUND: Integration of the verticalization robot, Erigo, with functional electric stimulation and passive leg movements in the postacute rehabilitation of neurological patients could reduce the risk of secondary complications and improve functional outcomes (i.e. orthostatic hypotension, postural control and walking ability). OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to estimate and quantify changes in the postacute stage, mainly related to heart rate and blood pressure in functional recovery, postural parameters, walking ability and psychoemotional reactions, during training using the verticalization...
Source: Technology and Health Care - May 18, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Daunoraviciene K, Adomaviciene A, Svirskis D, Griškevičius J, Juocevicius A Tags: Technol Health Care Source Type: research

Lower-extremity Dynamometry as a Novel Outcome Measure in a Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Feasibility Trial of Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) for HIV-associated Myelopathy
Conclusion: We conclude that an adequately powered clinical trial of IVIG for HIVM would likely require a prolonged recruitment period and multiple participating sites. Lower limb dynamometry is a useful outcome measure for HIVM, which might also be useful in other HIV-related gait disorders. KEYWORDS: Dynamometry, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), myelopathy INTRODUCTION Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated myelopathy (HIVM) is a rare but well-described neurologic complication of HIV; it was first described early in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic, and i...
Source: Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience - February 1, 2018 Category: Neuroscience Authors: ICN Online Editor Tags: Assessment Tools Current Issue Demyelinating Disease Movement Disorders Neurodegenerative Disease Neurology Original Research Primary Care Technology Trial Methodology Dynamometry human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) intravenous immu Source Type: research

Use of Lower-Limb Robotics to Enhance Practice and Participation in Individuals With Neurological Conditions.
CONCLUSIONS: Use of these devices is limited by insufficient data, cost, and in some cases size of the machine. However, robotic technology is likely to become more prevalent as these machines are enhanced and able to produce targeted physical rehabilitation. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE: Therapists should be aware of these technologies as they continue to advance but understand the limitations and challenges posed with therapeutic/mobility robots. PMID: 28654477 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Physical Therapy - June 29, 2017 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Jayaraman A, Burt S, Rymer WZ Tags: Pediatr Phys Ther Source Type: research

Consideration of Dose and Timing When Applying Interventions After Stroke and Spinal Cord Injury.
This article provides a synopsis of our lectures at the IV STEP meeting, which presented a perspective of current data on the issues of timing and dose for adult stroke and spinal cord injury motor rehabilitation. SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS: For stroke, the prevailing evidence suggests that greater amounts of therapy do not result in better outcomes for upper extremity interventions, regardless of timing. Whether or not greater amounts of therapy result in better outcomes for lower extremity and mobility interventions needs to be explicitly tested. For spinal cord injury, there is a complex interaction of timing postinjury...
Source: Physical Therapy - June 20, 2017 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Basso DM, Lang CE Tags: J Neurol Phys Ther Source Type: research

Telehealth in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: A Narrative Review
Publication date: May 2017 Source:PM&R, Volume 9, Issue 5, Supplement Author(s): Adam S. Tenforde, Jaye E. Hefner, Jodi E. Kodish-Wachs, Mary A. Iaccarino, Sabrina Paganoni Telehealth refers to health care interactions that leverage telecommunication devices to provide medical care outside the traditional face-to-face, in-person medical encounter. Technology advances and research have expanded use of telehealth in health care delivery. Physical medicine and rehabilitation providers may use telehealth to deliver care to populations with neurologic and musculoskeletal conditions, commonly treated in both acute care ...
Source: PMandR - May 18, 2017 Category: Rehabilitation Source Type: research

Why Do We Choose To Survive After Tragedy?
Why did my brother warn me against reading this book? It’s so good! I thought to myself, as I quickly devoured the pages of JoJo Moyes bestseller titled Me Before You. It was an uplifting tale about a young man who rediscovers love and laughter after a devastating spinal cord injury left him in a dangerous pool of depression. Finding myself at times in my own, albeit more shallow, pool of depression, I knew this story was exactly what I needed to remind me that I could find meaning in my life after my stroke. As I continued reading, anticipating the feel-good happy ending with a girl saving the boy's life with the power ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 17, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Immediate affective responses of gait training in neurological rehabilitation: A randomized crossover trial.
CONCLUSION: Affective responses might be positively influenced by robotic-assisted gait training, which may help to overcome motivational problems during the rehabilitation process in neurological patients. PMID: 28218343 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine - February 23, 2017 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: J Rehabil Med Source Type: research

Paraplegics Regain Some Feeling, Movement After Using Brain-Machine Interfaces
This study was funded by grants from the Brazilian Financing Agency for Studies and Projects (FINEP 01 ·12·0514·00), Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, and the Itaú Bank. The authors list additional acknowledgements in the manuscript. They declared no competing financial interests related to this work.###
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - August 11, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news

How a Paralyzed Man Walked Again
Adam Fritz was just another 21-year-old kid back in 2008—about to enter his senior year of college, cruising home from work on his motorcycle near Diamond Bar, California—when his life changed forever: A table from a truck in front of him slipped off and struck him, flinging him off his motorcycle onto the freeway. “It’s what I called my ‘oh shit’ moment,” he told TIME. “I tried to sit up and get up on my feet. I remember the firefighters telling me not to move. Everything just hurt.” Two days later, Fritz was told he had a spinal cord injury—and that he’d n...
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - September 24, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: tanyabasutime Tags: Uncategorized brain-computer interface neuroscience Paralysis public health Research spinal cord injuries Virtual Reality walking Source Type: news

New recommendations aim to improve safety of pain-relieving spinal steroid injections
More and more people are seeking injections of anti-inflammatory steroid medications for back and neck pain. In 2011, the last year for which complete information is available, doctors pushed the plunger on 2.3 million steroid injections into the spine — and that’s just among people covered by Medicare. These injections deliver drugs that mimic the effects of two hormones, cortisone and hydrocortisone, to reduce inflammation and help relieve pain. When they work — they don’t always — such injections can bring profound relief. “If you are in severe pain with a ruptured spinal disc and you get a stero...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - May 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Daniel Pendick Tags: Back Pain Drugs and Supplements anti-inflammatory steroid medications spinal injections spine steroid injections Source Type: news

Gait recovery in a girl with ischemic spinal cord stroke.
DISCUSSION: The outcome was not anticipated for this client, given the type and level of her injury and the delay in starting gait training. PMID: 25822361 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Physical Therapy - April 1, 2015 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: McCain KJ, Farrar M, Smith PS Tags: Pediatr Phys Ther Source Type: research

Gait Recovery in a Girl With Ischemic Spinal Cord Stroke
Discussion: The outcome was not anticipated for this client, given the type and level of her injury and the delay in starting gait training.
Source: Pediatric Physical Therapy - March 31, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Case Report Source Type: research

Novel robotic walker helps patients regain natural gait and increases productivity of physiotherapists
Survivors of stroke or other neurological conditions such as spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries and Parkinson’s disease often struggle with mobility. To regain their motor functions, these patients are required to undergo physical therapy sessions. A team of researchers has invented a novel robotic walker that helps patients carry out therapy sessions to regain their leg movements and natural gait. The system also increases productivity of physiotherapists and improves the quality of rehabilitation sessions.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 21, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news

What Causes Muscle Weakness?
Discussion Muscle tone is the slight tension that is felt in a muscle when it is voluntarily relaxed. It can be assessed by asking the patient to relax and then taking the muscles through a range of motion such as moving the wrists, forearm and upper arm. Muscle strength is the muscle’s force against active resistance. Impaired strength is called weakness or paresis. There are 5 levels of muscle strength. 0 = No muscle contraction detected 1 = Barely detected flicker of contraction 2 = Active movement with gravity eliminated 3 = Active movement against gravity 4 = Active movement against gravity and some resistance ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - December 9, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news