| New stroke rehabilitation techniques are in circulation | | | | motion-detection remote controls. There were 21 |
| showing a continuous effort on specialists to provide | | | | patients, all recovering from mild to moderate stroke. |
| more effective solutions to stroke patients' dilemma. | | | | A collaboration of experts engaged in stroke care, on |
| One effort involves teaching physical therapists (PT) | | | | the other hand, is taking place as a means to |
| and occupational therapists (OT) the new and | | | | improve the rehabilitation of stroke victims. Called |
| reimbursable treatments included in Modified | | | | Brain Recovery Core (BRC), the group is comprised |
| Constraint-Induced Therapy or mCIT. Stephen Page | | | | of radiologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, and |
| and Peter Levine, developers of mCIT, will conduct a | | | | therapists engaged in inpatient and outpatient |
| seminar for PTs and OTs to provide a thorough | | | | treatment and rehabilitation. |
| dissemination of this new approach as well as | | | | The group aims to communicate and share |
| determine appropriate candidates for mCIT among | | | | information with one another in so far as the |
| patients, measure progress, and improving | | | | progress of a specific patient is concerned so that |
| outcomes.mCIT is an approach for stroke | | | | development of treatments may be formulated. This |
| rehabilitation of the upper extremity of the patient | | | | collaboration will then allow new treatments to be |
| that normally involves immobilizing the unaffected | | | | scientifically assessed in terms of effectiveness, |
| hand so that the patient uses only the other | | | | patient's response to therapy, and predict a likely |
| affected hand during therapy. | | | | course of the patient's recovery. |
| Page and Levine will also discuss gaming technologies, | | | | Similarly, a study released last February 2010 showed |
| motor imagery techniques, EMG-based electrical | | | | that NeuroAid truly helps stroke patients recover. |
| stimulation called NeuroMove, functional electrical | | | | The study revealed improvement in stroke survival |
| stimulation such as Bioness in treating stroke and | | | | and drastically decrease functional deficits. This |
| present how to measure progress through evidence. | | | | medicine actually augments a patient's stroke |
| Speaking of gaming technologies as a stroke | | | | rehabilitation programs such as mCIT and even those |
| rehabilitation technique, a Canadian study reveals that | | | | using gaming technologies. |
| Wii-gaming appeared to improve stroke patients' | | | | New stroke rehabilitation techniques in circulation |
| status better than traditional physical rehabilitation | | | | provides room for improvement and better options |
| techniques. The study involved creating a physical | | | | for stroke patients. Hopefully, this will be accepted in |
| therapy regimen for stroke patients around Wii video | | | | all institutions in the United States and in other |
| games, which allowed real-time physical interaction | | | | countries as well. |
| with TV screen images through the use of wireless | | | | |