Balance Treatment Device GyroStim Receives FDA Clearance and Breakthrough Device Designation
GyroStim is reportedly the first FDA-cleared device for treating balance disorders to receive FDA designation as a Breakthrough Device.
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Gait Training: Keep it Challenging
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.
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Walk On: Decision Making for Functional Ambulation
Clinical decision-making for restoring gait after spinal cord injury guides the use of therapeutic technologies for reaching patient goals. A feature for the July/August 2018 issue of Rehab Management by Tracy Oostema, PT, DPT, and Kristina Simpson, PT, MSPT.
Weight-Bearing 3D Imaging System Makes Its Debut
The CARESTREAM OnSight 3D Extremity System from Carestream Health recently debuted on the exhibit hall floor during the American Academy of Orthopaedic Executives annual meeting, April 22-25.
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Measures of Success
Advanced rehabilitation technologies are finding favor as adjuncts to skills in building excellence among inpatient stroke programs. A feature for Rehab Management by Frank Long.
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Promotion of Gait Through Technology
Outcomes and safety improve as therapists embrace equipment and develop a culture of technology. An exclusive feature from Rehab Management.
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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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Hocoma’s Andago Robotic Device Now Available in US
The Andago mobile robot for body weight-supported gait training is now available for use in the United States, according to its manufacturer—Norwell, Mass-headquartered Hocoma Inc USA.
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Headed for a Fall
“First Attempt In Learning” approach enables patients to practice high-risk activities with the frequency needed to acquire skills that will help them move safely. An exclusive Rehab Management clinical feature.
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Lower-Extremity Rehabilitation with Adjunct Interventions
Improving quality of movement without compromising safety is a shared goal for patients and therapists.
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Gorbel Medical Showcases New and Updated Products at APTA CSM
Gorbel Medical introduces its updated SafeGait 360° Balance and Mobility Trainer, as well as two brand-new devices, during the American Physical Therapy Association’s Combined Sections Meeting, February 17-20 in Anaheim, Calif.
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Stroke Rehab Enriched By Technology
Innovation is changing the game for stroke programs. Evidence-based use of advanced technologies can help provide an enriched rehabilitation environment that improves outcomes and lifts the patient’s experience.
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Promoting Motor Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury
Getting the best out of plasticity and learning means therapeutic interventions that provide feedback, allow high repetition, and offer a safe environment for error.
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Tech Takes the Lead
In the clinic, advanced technologies are helping therapists log superior outcomes, but getting there requires fully informed purchase decisions.
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CIR Systems Inc Announces Relocation
CIR Systems Inc, manufacturer of the GAITrite gait analysis systems, announces it has moved to a larger facility.
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Within Walking Distance
Kirk D. Endersby, PT, NCS, and Eric Schwelke, CPO, LPO, share about how a gait training program, supplemented by assistive technology and a skilled orthotics team, could help get patients back on their feet after stroke.
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The Wide Net of Functional Recovery
Measurement and assessment technologies are only the starting point for getting patients back to their lives.
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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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