University of Houston
Next-gen stroke rehab: Robot at home
04/07/2022
Exoskeleton controlled by brain, developed at University of Houston, now in clinical trials.
Kessler Foundation/Jody Banks
Multiple Sclerosis: Virtual reality may effectively support traditional rehabilitation
04/07/2022
By increasing sensory input and promoting multisensory processing, virtual reality may increase the effectiveness of traditional cognitive rehabilitation and exercise training in individuals with MS, according to Kessler Foundation researchers.
svitlanah
Computer tool can track stroke rehabilitation to boost recovery
20/06/2022
A computer program equipped with sensors called PrimSeq can detect and count the arm movements of people in stroke rehabilitation. The research aims to find the optimal level of exercise intensity for recovery.
Shvets Studio
Reducing barriers to aquatic exercise would benefit people with multiple sclerosis
20/06/2022
Kessler Foundation Researchers conducted an online survey of 179 people with multiple sclerosis about their exercise activities from October 2020 to April 2021. The survey shows aquatic exercise preferred, finds pandemic-related decline in exercise activities.
Satura_
Deaf children with learning delays benefit from cochlear implants more than hearing aids
07/06/2022
Keck Medicine of University of Southern California - Health Sciences study demonstrates the need for early cochlear implant use for deaf children, regardless of developmental impairments.
ezyGain S.A.S.
One step at a time – With ema, the smart treadmill for gait rehabilitation
02/09/2021
The overall goal of rehabilitation is to – literally – get patients (back) on their feet and provide professionally guided training to regain mobility and strength. However, some people find walking on a treadmill boring after a while.
Peer Klausing
Jörg Dommershausen – That's how he rolls
24/02/2021
Jörg Dommershausen takes comprehensive care of his clients: He helps those affected to cope with changed circumstances in their professional and private lives after serious accidents. In addition to his counselling services, Dommershausen also produces two (German) podcasts and a guide. What is indispensable for his work with his clients and how he otherwise rolls, he tells us on REHACARE.com.
Exero Technologies
Functionality meets design: the new adaptive sport equipment Spike
29/10/2020
Activities aiming at occupational therapy and rehabilitation are boring? Not necessarily! A new assistive exercise and sports equipment named Spike is not only designed to be fun, but also suitable for everybody who wants to get and stay fit. How this works for whom and what kind of history connects Spike with REHACARE? We asked!
Neofect
Neofect: "Digitization enabled us to gamify rehabilitation"
23/04/2020
Light, individual and motivating: The portable therapy devices by Neofect aim to facilitate modern hand, arm and shoulder rehabilitation for rehab facilities and homecare use. We asked Scott Kim, CEO and co-founder of Neofect, to what extend gamification and digitization are advantages for the rehabilitation sector.
novapace
Parkinson's disease: Greater gait stability thanks to smart insoles
25/07/2019
Gentle vibrations delivered to feet alert users to dangerous situations as they walk and prompt a more normalized gait pattern. That’s the concept behind the sensory orthotic insoles by novapace. In this interview, Simon Staffa, project manager at novapace, explains how this technology can help people with Parkinson's disease and describes the opportunities digitization brings to rehabilitation.
Rewellio GmbH
Stroke: Digitalization of rehabilitation with Rewellio
27/06/2019
Mobile devices like tablets can help people with rehabilitation after a stroke – like with an app or virtual reality. Rewellio starts right here and wants to make therapy easier both for the patients and the physiotherapists. REHACARE.com talked to Georg Teufl, founder and CEO of Rewellio GmbH, about the advantages of his product and digitalization in general.
Johannes Franke
"At the TUECHTIG coworking space, people with and without disabilities are working together – and not just next to each other"
22/03/2018
Maximum flexibility to encourage ideas, effectively sharing office space: coworking spaces have become a part of many major cities. In 2017, Berlin featured about one hundred of them, but none of them were comprehensively accessible. That’s something Stefanie Trzecinski from KOPF, HAND + FUSS gGmbH wanted to change. That was the moment, the idea for "TUECHTIG – Raum für Inklusion" was born.