Category: Assessment & Evaluation

Assessment & Evaluation

New 100% Digital Patient Pathway is Here: HUNOVA

Smith+Nephew announces a marketing collaboration with Movendo Technology that will add personalized robotic patient rehabilitation capability to its Real Intelligence enabling technology solutions.

Assessment & Evaluation

Fall Risk Reduction in Seniors – with Wav Balance Training

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.

Assessment & Evaluation

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.

Walkasins Maker RxFunction Expands walk2Wellness Study

by Debbie Overman | Oct 28, 2019 | Assessment & Evaluation, Gait & Balance

RxFunction, creator of Walkasins, has expanded its walk2Wellness study to include researchers at Hebrew SeniorLife, with enrollment of its first participant completed recently.

Slowpokes Beware: How Quickly You Walk Could Indicate Your Brain and Body Health

by Debbie Overman | Oct 21, 2019 | Assessment & Evaluation, Gait & Balance

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.

Gait Training: Keep it Challenging

by Debbie Overman | Oct 9, 2019 | Assessment & Evaluation, Body Weight Support Systems, Gait & Balance

Most patients want the best walking outcome possible, so therapists must leverage the utility of challenge to lead patients toward their goals. A feature for the September/October issue of Rehab Management by Katherine De Tata, PT, DPT, and Justine Mamone-Lucciola, PT, DPT.

Take a Walk to Predict Post-Stroke Return-to-Work Readiness

by Debbie Overman | Sep 27, 2019 | Assessment & Evaluation, Gait & Balance, Stroke

A simple walking speed test may help predict whether young adult stroke survivors are ready to return to work, according to new research published in Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association.

Therapeutic Shoe is Helping Stroke Patients Relearn How to Walk

by Debbie Overman | Sep 18, 2019 | Assessment & Evaluation, Gait & Balance, Objective Data Measurement

A therapeutic shoe engineered to help improve stroke recovery is proving successful and is expected to hit the market by the end of the year, researchers from University of South Florida suggest.

Tackle Sarcopenia By Altering the Gut Microbe, Study Suggests

by Debbie Overman | Sep 11, 2019 | Assessment & Evaluation, Gait & Balance

The microorganisms living in the intestines could help with muscle growth and function, opening new doors to interventions for age-related skeletal muscle loss, an international research team led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore suggests.

Gait Rehabilitation Improvement Approach for Stroke Survivors Receives Research Funding

by Debbie Overman | Aug 29, 2019 | Assessment & Evaluation, Gait & Balance, Stroke

University of Pittsburgh researcher Gelsy Torres-Oviedo was awarded a $805,670 CAREER Award by the National Science Foundation recently to apply a novel approach to improve locomotor learning in stroke patients.

Reflexive Balance Can Be Monitored With Mobile App

by Debbie Overman | Aug 28, 2019 | Assessment & Evaluation, Gait & Balance

TSG Innovation Lab announces its strategic partnership with Nymbl Science, a digital health company specializing in fall prevention.

Turn Up the Walking Intensity to Spur Further Stroke Recovery

by Debbie Overman | Aug 26, 2019 | Assessment & Evaluation, Gait & Balance, Stroke

High-intensity step training that mimics real-world conditions may better improve walking ability in stroke survivors compared to traditional, low-impact training, according to new research published in the American Heart Association’s journal Stroke.

Check Walking Speed to Predict Risk of Future Mobility Problems

by Debbie Overman | Aug 8, 2019 | Assessment & Evaluation, Gait & Balance

Measuring your walking speed in a healthcare provider’s office may be enough for your provider to learn whether you might be at risk for future mobility problems, researchers from the American Geriatrics Society suggest.

Can Musical Shoes Aid Mobility? It’s Possible

by Debbie Overman | Aug 7, 2019 | Assessment & Evaluation, Gait & Balance, Neurological

An exercise science professor and a student from SUNY Cortland are spending their summer exploring the possible therapeutic uses of a new type of shoe device as a mobility aid for people with neurological disorders.

To Build Better Prosthetics, Study How Wearers Fall

by Debbie Overman | Jun 21, 2019 | Amputation, Assessment & Evaluation, Conditions, Gait & Balance

A research team from Vanderbilt University aims to design better prosthetics by studying how non-amputees recover from stumbles. A study describing their work to capture the stumble response was published recently in the Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation.