5 Lessons Learned from the CHLA Pediatric Gait Lab
Analysis at the CHLA pediatric gait lab plays a critical role in determining the most effective treatments for children with walking issues.
Analysis at the CHLA pediatric gait lab plays a critical role in determining the most effective treatments for children with walking issues.
Researchers combine RGB camera-based pose estimation and an inertial measurement unit sensor to reduce errors in gait analysis.
Smith+Nephew announces a marketing collaboration with Movendo Technology that will add personalized robotic patient rehabilitation capability to its Real Intelligence enabling technology solutions.
Research suggests that improvements in dynamic balance can assist in the reduction of falls. These researchers test a robust approach to balance training and assessment within a senior population.
Read MoreResearchers 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.
Read MoreOn 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.
Read MoreWhat 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.
Read MoreSelect 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
Read MoreNeil 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.
Read MoreDizzy 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.
Read MoreConsumption 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.
Read MoreMeasuring 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.
Read MoreNeofect 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.
Read MoreA 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).
Read MoreDevin 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreMEDRhythms 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.
Read MoreRxFunction, 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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