Using Vibration to Better Diagnose Balance Disorders
Researchers have developed a vibration-based technique to more accurately diagnose balance disorders, especially in aging adults.
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NeurOpTrek Wearable Fall Risk Assessment Tool in Development
Sensoria Health and Padula Rehabilitation Technologies announce a collaboration to develop NeurOpTrek, a wearable ROF assessment solution.
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Interacoustics Launches the Third Generation of VisualEyes
Interacoustics announces the launch of the third generation of Micromedical VisualEyes by Interacoustics, which offers Videonystagmography, vHIT and Rotary Chair testing in one integrated system. Register for the product launch on October 22.
AI-Powered Insole Turns Shoes Into a Portable Gait Analysis Lab
Researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology share their development of an artificial intelligence-powered, smart insole that instantly turns any shoe into a portable gait analysis laboratory, in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering.
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Your Patient Has Gait Abnormalities…And Maybe Dementia
On its own, slow gait can be an indicator of elevated dementia risk, but when it appears together with memory issues the effect on dementia risk should not be ignored, according to researchers.
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This is Why Screening for Hearing Loss in Fall-Risk Adults is Important
What people hear and do not hear can have a direct effect on their balance, according to a study from the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai (NYEE) published in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.
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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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Getting Work-Ready and Life-Ready
Neil Taylor, OT, CWCE, CWcHP, and Ari Kaplan, PT, DPT, SCS, CSCS, COMT, Cert MDT, explain how functional capacity evaluations help employees, employers, and therapists, in this feature for Rehab Management.
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Vestibular Rehab to the Rescue
Dizzy symptoms and fear of falling aren’t just a problem for the elderly. A vestibular program is good for the whole community—and the clinic, according to the authors of this Rehab Management feature.
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Drinking Cocoa Offers This Sweet Benefit If You Have Peripheral Artery Disease
Consumption of cocoa may improve walking performance for patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD), suggests a study published in Circulation Research, a journal from the American Heart Association.
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Walk This Way to Screen for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Measuring changes in muscle function and identifying compensatory walking gait in young boys could lead to earlier detection of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, researchers opine in a study published in Chaos.
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Neofect Debuts Smart Balance, Designed to Rehab the Lower Body by Playing Games
Neofect unveils Neofect Smart Balance, a lower-body rehabilitation device designed to help patients recovering from stroke, ambulatory injuries, and other lower body disabilities regain function in their legs via augmented reality.
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Use This to Help Predict Adverse Outcomes After Discharge
A new frailty index shows promise in determining how acute illness affects functional ability in older patients admitted to hospital, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
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Stroke Rehabilitation from “Head to Toe”
Devin Cooney, MOR, OTR/L, Brittany Merkh, PT, DPT, and Kelly Tender, MS, CCC-SLP, write about the integration of technology-based rehabilitation within stroke recovery in this feature for the November/December 2019 issue of Rehab Management.
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Fall Risk and Fall Prevention in Older Adults
The physical and financial cost of falls is staggering, but risk assessment, lifestyle adjustments and home modifications mean falling does not have to be a fact of aging, Donna Bainbridge, PT, EdD, AT-Ret, shares in this feature.
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MEDRhythms Launches Trial of Post-Stroke Walking Device
MEDRhythms Inc has launched a randomized controlled trial (RCT) at five top rehab hospitals and research centers across the country to examine the impact of a digital therapeutic device on stroke survivors who have post-stroke walking impairments, in support of the company’s eventual FDA submission.
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Walkasins Maker RxFunction Expands walk2Wellness Study
RxFunction, creator of Walkasins, has expanded its walk2Wellness study to include researchers at Hebrew SeniorLife, with enrollment of its first participant completed recently.
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Slowpokes Beware: How Quickly You Walk Could Indicate Your Brain and Body Health
The walking speed of 45-year-olds, particularly their fastest walking speed without running, can be used as a marker of their aging brains and bodies.
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