LewisGale Medical Center Debuts VR Treadmill
LewisGale Medical Center debuted a new virtual reality treadmill for its inpatient physical rehabilitation unit.
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Building Aquatic Therapy Programs in the Senior Sector
A step-by-step approach that unites technology and teamwork transforms a facility from ordinary to extraordinary using the power of water. A feature for Rehab Management by Kimmer O’Neill, DOR/MOTR.
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Real-time Adjusting Prosthetic Moves Closer With Brain-Body Imaging
University of Houston researchers, using a wireless brain-body imaging system, report they are gaining new insights into how the brain identifies different terrains while walking.
Five Ways a Therapy Pool Can Improve Revenue
Letting creativity flow changes the options for aquatic-based rehab and strengthens a financial position. A feature for Rehab Management by Diana Perez, DPT.
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AlterG’s Pro 200+ Treadmill Now Available with Stride Smart
AlterG introduces the Pro 200+ anti-gravity treadmill with Stride Smart technology.
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Pooling the Resources to Heal
Aquatic therapy is a vital piece of the rehab puzzle for therapists who combine it with dry land or as a standalone treatment.
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Easing the Impact of Joint Replacement: Financial and Physiologic
As the older adult population grows, therapists must develop strategies that prepare patients for the cycle of care while adjusting to a transforming reimbursement model.
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Activity-Based Restorative Therapy Steps into Robotic Gait Training for Innovative Approaches for Patients with Chronic Spinal Cord Injuries
How does robotics really benefit spinal cord-injured patients? Kennedy Krieger Institute researchers test three robotic devices and discover how differences in engineering and application affect functional outcome measures among patients affected by tetraplegia and paraplegia.
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Aquatics Is the Answer
Aquatic therapy veteran Anne Plattenburg, PT, MPT, explains why a safe, warm, and versatile, aquatic physical therapy can create a positive experience for patients who struggle with painful movement. A full length feature from Rehab Management.
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Hope Floats
Patients affected by neurological conditions find the aquatic therapy setting a safe place to conquer fears and regain function. Kimberly N. Atkinson, PT, MPT, NCS; Linda Shelburne, PT, MBA; and Cheryl Weixler, PTA, share the various ways therapists can incorporate aquatic therapy into their armamentarium.
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Multidisciplinary Management for Sports and Orthopedic Rehab
UPMC Centers for Rehab Services sports and orthopedic rehabilitation programs blend high skill and advanced technology to help active patients toward their goals.
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Make the Pool a Therapy Tool
Hydrotherapy can offer the versatility needed when patients, conditions, and outcomes vary widely.
Read MoreStroke Treatment and Technology
Specialized technologies offer multiple approaches for helping patients reach their recovery goals. Article written by Alyson T. Dutkiewicz, PT, MSPT, JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute Inpatient Rehabilitation, and Dana Abel, DPT, JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute Outpatient Rehabilitation.
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Business Development Show for PTs Debuts March in New York
Expanding from its original location in the United Kingdom, the COPA Practice Growth show brings its conference and exposition to the United States as it opens March 4 at the Javits Center in New York.
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Raising Awareness of Fall Prevention
Reinforcing the fundamental criteria for successful aging sets the stage for the reduction and elimination of falls.
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Coming into Focus: Brain Injury and Vision Therapy
For brain injury survivors, visual dysfunction further complicates recovery. And, because visual input is closely tied to balance, these impairments can increase the risk of falling and sustaining a subsequent brain injury.
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Stepping It Up
A full spectrum of technologies that assess and measure gait and balance power up the latest strategies to return patients to their feet. by Judith M. Burnfield, PT, PhD, and Amy Goldman, PT, DPT This integrated body weight support system is built to secure a person’s weight up to 500 pounds with 80% support. This design […]
Read MoreManagement 101: Utilization of Specialty Equipment in the Clinic
Integrating specialty equipment maximizes knee and lower extremity rehab. by Robert Babb, PT, MBA Several years ago, I referred my crosstown brother-in-law to a physical therapy clinic close to his home after knee surgery. At 51 years old, he was the classic weekend athlete Baby Boomer with aspirations to continue recreational sports. Three weeks and […]
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