NeuroShield Helmet Concept Promotes TBI Prevention
By showcasing an idealized version of head protection, Brooks Rehabilitation aims to educate the public on the importance of brain safety and TBI prevention.
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Ketamine Shows Promise as Treatment in Traumatic Brain Injury
Doctors studied using ketamine to reduce pressure inside the head of children with traumatic brain injuries.
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Uncover Concussion Clues in the Gut
Telltale signs of concussion may be found in the gut, per a study by Houston Methodist, published in Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health.
Mount Sinai Receives NIH Grant to Fund Stentrode Clinical Trial
Researchers in Mount Sinai Health System’s Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance have received a $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study whether a first-of-its-kind brain implant can help restore function in severely paralyzed patients and improve their ability to communicate.
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Go Vertical and Get Back to Walking
Shannon Motisi, PT, DPT, and Lauren Wright, PT, DPT, discuss how getting patients up and walking after stroke, TBI, and incomplete SCI is a goal that technology and the right intervention help achieve, in this feature for Rehab Management.
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TBIs Among Older People Are Increasing: Here’s Why
Traumatic brain injury is increasing in the age group of over-65s, and the most frequent causes are falls and no longer road traffic accidents, according to findings from a study published in BMJ Open.
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This Could Help Predict Aphasia Recovery in Bilingual Patients
Researchers from Boston University suggest they can predict how well a patient will recover from aphasia using computer modeling.
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Ekso Bionics Expands Partnership with Kindred Healthcare
Following a successful pilot program, the EksoNR robotic exoskeleton from Ekso Bionics will be available at four of Kindred Healthcare’s long-term acute care hospitals in Florida: Green Cove Springs, Tampa/St. Pete, Fort Lauderdale, and Melbourne.
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Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury Patients Are Not Absorbing Needed Nutrients: Study
A recent study has found abnormal reactions between the brain and gastrointestinal tract (gut-brain axis) in moderate to severe chronic TBI patients. These patients may not be absorbing nutrients properly, and treatments need to be developed to address these issues, researchers suggest.
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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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