OneStep Expands Capabilities to the Upper Body
Digital physical therapy platform OneStep announces its capabilities are expanding to monitor the upper body.
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Zimmer Biomet Debuts WalkAI
Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc releases WalkAI, an AI model to predict which patients may have a lower gait speed after hip or knee surgery.
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Show Me the Numbers
Physical Therapy Products editorial director Melanie Hamilton-Basich profiles equipment that provides data to track patients' physical therapy progress in this feature for the October/November 2021 issue.
MedRhythms Closes $25M Series B Funding to Advance Digital Therapeutics Platform
MedRhythms announces the closing of a $25 million Series B financing round to help the company commercialize its flagship product for chronic stroke survivors with walking deficits and advance its digital therapeutics pipeline.
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More Than Just Walking: New Role for Core Brain Region Could Offer Parkinson’s Treatment
A key brain area thought to merely regulate locomotion contains neurons that control different body movements, suggesting possible Parkinson’s therapeutics.
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LifeBridge Adopts KneeKG System to Help Find Cause of Knee Pain
Two LifeBridge Health entities, the Wasserman Gait Laboratory at the Sinai Rehabilitation Center and the Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, are now using the FDA-approved KneeKG system.
Read MoreIntegrated Interventions for Stroke Rehab
Emily Lyter, PT, DPT, explains how the use of technology for post-stroke patients leads to better assessments, more effective interventions, and efficient care outcomes, in this feature for the June/July 2021 issue of Physical Therapy Products.
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Essential Tools for Successful Physical Therapy Treatment
Keep therapy engaging and effective by using technologies manufactured with the PT clinic in mind, Garrett Early, PT, DPT, COMT, OCS, explains in this feature for the June/July 2021 issue of Physical Therapy Products.
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MedRhythms and Massachusetts General Hospital Launch Study of Gait Asset for Multiple Sclerosis
MedRhythms announces the launch of a clinical trial, in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), that will study MR-004, MedRhythms’ multiple sclerosis (MS) asset.
Read MoreProduct Guide 2021: Gait & Balance
Physical therapists, aided by gait and balance products included in this 2021 Product Guide, can be key in helping to restore gait patterns safely and effectively among individuals affected by conditions such as falls and stroke.
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Gait-Improvement Device for MS Patients Gets FDA OK
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the marketing of the Portable Neuromodulation Stimulator (PoNS), a new device indicated for use as a short-term treatment of gait deficit due to mild to moderate symptoms from multiple sclerosis (MS).
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Diagnosing the Dizzy Patient
Is the cause MS, CVA, TBI, Parkinson’s, or something else? Hypothesizing the cause of dizziness opens the door to treatment and selecting the right tools for the job. ATI Physical Therapy’s Emily Porter, PT, DPT, leads this exploration.
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Gait Training to Music Offers Practice a Clinical and Competitive Advantage
Watch how the Biodex Gait Trainer™ 3 treadmill with music enhancement helped Body in Balance boost outcomes, and keep patients like Fran coming back.
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How Robotic Gait Training Could Aid Early Stroke Recovery
High-dose therapy gait training using robotic exoskeletons may aid early rehabilitation for acute stroke, a study published in Frontiers in Neurorobotics suggests.
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Restoring Functional Gait: Online Training Course
Healthclick offers “Restoring Functional Gait,” as a web-based course therapists can use to return their patients to optimal gait patterns, limit falls, and increase mobility.
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Combine Two Approaches to Improve Gait Outcomes: Study
Combining two walking rehabilitation approaches might improve outcomes for survivors of stroke, USC researchers theorize. A study funded by a $100,000 Magistro Family Foundation Research Grant aims to test this theory.
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Improve Strength and Balance with CobbleFoam from OPTP
OPTP launches the CobbleFoam Uneven-Surface Balance Trainer, designed to simulate the challenges of moving on uneven terrain to help people improve their strength and balance.
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Could This Aid Parkinson’s Walking Problems?
A new approach to targeting and treating walking problems in people with Parkinson’s disease is being developed at Northumbria University, Newcastle.
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