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Global rehab tech leaders join forces

Two major players in rehabilitation technology are to join forces, in a move which is set to transform the global sector.

Fourier Intelligence has formed a global strategic partnership with maxon Group, which combines the expertise of both businesses into a venture which will drive the development of new technologies for patients. The businesses have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to advance their common purpose of creating transformative technology to support patients’ needs. With technology playing an increasingly critical role in every aspect of rehabilitation services and healthcare, there is increasing need to devise and accelerate the development of technological solutions to ensure the needs of patients around the world are met.
By |2024-07-04T17:45:44+01:0021 January 2021|News|
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Taking time to look back – so the way ahead is clearer

Reflective practice within healthcare settings is widely talked about, but not always so easy to implement in the workplace. NR Times speaks to one neurological centre about how it benefits patients and staff there.

Reflective practice and discussion in healthcare settings is a professional requirement for nurses, as laid out by the Royal College of Nursing revalidation requirements as part of their continuous professional development.

It allows professionals to take time to pause and reflect, communicate and plan, which undoubtedly leads to better outcomes for patients and staff.

By |2024-07-04T17:45:49+01:007 January 2021|Insight, News|
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The way ahead for rehab tech

NR Times invited three experts for a virtual discussion on the changing role of technology in rehab after brain injury.

Neuro-rehab specialists Anna Wilkinson and Rebecca Bancroft, of physiotherapy provider More Rehab, are joined by Louise Jenkins, partner and serious injury specialist at Irwin Mitchell.

Anna Wilkinson (AW): Using tech gives us a different way of rehabilitating someone; it keeps patients attentive, keeps them concentrated and keeps them motivated to reach their goals.

By |2024-07-04T17:45:49+01:007 January 2021|Tech & industry, News, Legal|
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Individualised brain stimulation therapy improves language performance in stroke survivors

Canadian scientists are pioneering the use of individualised brain stimulation therapy to treat aphasia in recovering stroke patients.

Aphasia is a debilitating language disorder that impacts all forms of verbal communication, including speech, language comprehension, and reading and writing abilities. It affects around one-third of stroke survivors, but can also be present in those with dementia, especially in the form of primary progressive aphasia. "Aphasia can be very isolating," says Dr. Jed Meltzer, Baycrest's Canada Research Chair in Interventional Cognitive Neuroscience and a neurorehabilitation scientist at Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute (RRI). "It can negatively affect people's personal relationships, and it often determines whether or not someone can continue working."
By |2024-07-04T17:45:57+01:0020 November 2020|Stroke, News|
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Innovative machine-learning approach for future diagnostic advances in Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, with patient numbers being expected to double worldwide in the next 20 years. The detailed molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying its pathogenesis remains unclear, although recent evidence has pointed towards the role of mitochondrial dysfunction in the onset of the disease.

Mitochondria -- small cellular 'subunits' involved in cell metabolism and energy generation -- constantly and dynamically interact with each other, forming perpetually changing networks known as mitochondria interaction networks (MINs).
By |2024-07-04T17:45:58+01:0019 November 2020|News|
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The psychiatrist fighting for domestic violence victims

Australia’s New South Wales government has promised to improve brain injury testing for domestic abuse victims after a psychiatrist drew attention to inconsistent care for vulnerable women. Psychiatrist Karen Williams urged the government to adopt a concussion protocol for family and domestic violence victims after doing her own research and being shocked at what she found.

It started when Williams noticed the disparity in how her patients were diagnosed and treated.Williams specialises in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD), often with military, police, emergency personnel and other first responders. But she also treats the general population, the vast majority of whom are women with histories of child and domestic abuse.
By |2024-07-04T17:59:16+01:0018 October 2020|Insight, News, Brain injury, Interviews|
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Interview: Inside one of the world’s biggest concussion studies

Concussion is a huge concern across the US military and in sports. In 2018, 19,000 military personnel were diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury, while college athletes had an average of 10,500 concussions for past five years.

Despite the numbers, many say there’s a lack of research to inform ways that government and industry can best tackle this problem. In response, the largest prospective concussion study was formed to fill the gaps in understanding, to see what recovery from a concussion looks like in athletes and cadets. More than 44,000 people have since enrolled in the CARE (concussion assessment, research and education) consortium since its inception in 2014, across 30 universities and four military service academies across the US.
By |2024-07-04T17:59:16+01:0018 October 2020|Interviews, Insight, News|
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How music is helping to diagnose children with DOC

Due to advances in healthcare, more children than ever are surviving brain injuries. Some, however, may remain in a coma or with a disorder of consciousness (DOC). This can cause diagnostic, ethical and clinical challenges, and misdiagnoses can lead to inadequate care, and insufficient access to treatment, rehab, and services...

For adults with DOC, clinicians can use the Music therapy Assessment Tool for Awareness in Disorders of Consciousness (MATADOC) to better understand the patient’s recovery, but until recently, there hasn’t been anything similar for children.Acquired brain injuries can lead to language impairment. And for some children, their language may not have been fully developed before their injury. This renders language-based tests unsuitable for getting proper responses from children to gauge their needs and recovery.
By |2024-07-04T17:46:49+01:006 October 2020|News|
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“I lost so much but had to let go and move on”

A recent study by Headway found that 72 per cent of brain injury survivors feel that people in their life don't understand their memory problems, with 81 per cent reporting that their life would be improved if people had a better understanding of this complex condition.

Karl Hargreaves, 49, is just one of those people battling severe memory loss following a brain injury. He is sharing his story as part of Headway’s Memory Loss: A campaign to remember in order to raise awareness and increase understanding of life after brain injury. Years of precious memories were wiped in an instant when the father from Lincoln was involved in a road traffic collision in 2015.
By |2024-07-04T17:46:50+01:006 October 2020|News, Brain injury|
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Now is the time to embrace better ways of working

By Merryn Dowson, assistant psychologist and part of the team behind rehab goal-setting platform Goal Manager

A stitch in time saves nine. Rome wasn’t built in a day. The best things take time. We are all too aware that some of the most important parts of our lives have been crafted, carved and developed over months and years. Consider your education, for example: you may well have been to primary school, secondary school and then sixth form college. Perhaps you went on to do an undergraduate degree.
By |2024-07-04T17:46:52+01:0022 September 2020|Insight, News|
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