High-Tech Football Helmet Could Protect Players from Concussions
A new football helmet incorporating liquid shock absorbers has the potential to diminish the impact of head impacts by up to 33%.
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Scientist Explores Biomarker to Improve Dual Diagnosis of Traumatic Spinal Cord and Brain Injury
Silvana Costa, PhD, investigates eye movements as a diagnostic of cognitive dysfunction present in co-occurring trauma.
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Mount Sinai Opens Charles Lazarus Children’s Abilities Center
Mount Sinai announces the opening of The Charles Lazarus Children’s Abilities Center, which aims to transform and shape the course of children’s rehabilitation.
DaxibotulinumtoxinA Injection for Upper-Limb Spasticity Study Receives Positive Results
Revance Therapeutics Inc announces positive topline data from its JUNIPER Phase 2, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center clinical trial of its investigational drug candidate DaxibotulinumtoxinA for Injection for the treatment of adults with moderate to severe upper limb spasticity.
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This Could Help Reduce Swallowing Problems Post-Stroke or TBI, Per Study
PHADER – a study testing whether electrical stimulation of the back of the throat (pharynx), using a treatment catheter, would improve swallowing in people with a recent stroke or head injury, or who had been in an intensive care unit and needed ventilation – suggests positive results, according to researchers.
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Wearable Technologies Suitable to Make Rehab More Precise
In a study, researchers from the Spaulding Motion Analysis Lab at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital lay the groundwork for the design of “precision rehabilitation” interventions by using wearable technologies to track the motor recovery of individuals with brain injury. Read more at robohub.com.
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Kessler Foundation Integrates Movendo’s hunova Technology Into Rehab Studies
Movendo Technology is partering with Kessler Foundation to explore potential applications for Movendo’s robotic platform hunova in rehabilitation research in populations with balance deficits caused by neurological illness or injury and aging.
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MyoPro Delivers Meaningful Motor Function Improvements, Per Case Study
A case report measuring the benefits of Myomo Inc’s MyoPro myoelectric orthosis, published recently in the Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering, suggests that, “Despite long-standing traumatic brain injury, meaningful improvements in motor function were observed.”
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Materials from ‘Brain Trust’ Conference Are Now Available as a Home Study CME/CEU Course
The Center Foundation, a Central Oregon nonprofit providing sports medicine services to high school students, has launched a new home study course for medical professionals interested in earning continuing education credit while learning about the latest research and tools in concussion management.
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FDA Clears Ekso Bionics’ EksoNR for Rehab Use with Acquired Brain Injury
Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc announces it has received 501(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its EksoNR robotic exoskeleton for use with patients with acquired brain injury (ABI).
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Reduce Post-Brain Injury and SCI Swelling This Way
Scientists have discovered a new treatment that may help reduce swelling after brain and spinal cord injuries. They describe the treatment in the journal Cell.
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Smell This Way to Predict TBI Recovery
The ability to detect smells could predict recovery and long-term survival in patients who have experienced a severe brain injury, researchers suggest, in a new study published in Nature.
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A Better Way to Use Neuroplasticity
Three neurological cases that could have failed became success stories through a “supply and demand” approach to rehabilitation. Find out what happened in this 15-minute TEDx Talk.
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Select Medical Adds Robotics Technology at its Inpatient Rehab Hospitals
Select Medical announces it is expanding its medical rehabilitation services to include advanced robotics technology developed by Hocoma in 23 of its inpatient rehabilitation hospitals across the US
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Early Childhood Disability: Don’t Miss the Signs
This Q&A in the Sunday Observer spotlights how to identify physical and cognitive delays so that they can be addressed and possibly corrected via therapy during the crucial first 5 years of life.
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Go Digital To Aid Standing and Walking in Rehab. Here’s How
Virtual reality video games, activity monitors, and handheld computer devices can help people stand as well as walk, according to an Australia-based study published in PLoS Medicine looking at the effects of digital devices in rehabilitation.
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Treat Heterotopic Ossification at the Cellular Level
A specific type of immune cell may be behind heterotopic ossification — or abnormal bone formation post-injury — and present a possible target for treatment, researchers suggest.
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Hospital-to-Skilled Nursing Transition Program for Injured Workers Introduced
HomeCare Connect introduces Post-Acute Care Connect, a new service to manage injured workers’ transitions from hospital settings to skilled nursing facilities.
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