Smarter rehab

Brain Recovery Zone (BRZ) is an immersive and engaging home recovery tool that is helping to plug the gaps in community rehab. Consultant clinical neuropsychologist Dr Katherine Dawson co-founded the BRZ app with rehabilitation medicine consultant Dr Abayomi Salawu in 2019. Colleagues in Speech and Language Therapy, Clinical Psychology and Occupational Therapy subsequently came on board. [...]

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can predict who will develop dementia within two years with 92 per cent accuracy, a new study has revealed. 

Trials of BrainQ technology, which could be a “game changer” in the rehabilitation of stroke patients, are now underway. 

Stroke patients at a West London NHS trust are trialling a remote care tool that allows them to test for signs of atrial fibrillation (AF) at home. FibriCheck has been co-designed by the CW Innovation initiative led by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and its charity CW+. AF is the most common type [...]

The new Care and Rehabilitation Centre in Surrey, developed by Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for Disabled People (QEF), has won 2 international CEDIA awards for its innovative use of accessible technology, which was supplied by technology solutions partner Imperium Building Systems Ltd.

We are at an exciting time in neurorehabilitation, where we are discovering more and more about our brain and nervous system and how we can adapt to life-changing injuries by harnessing the potential of technology to push the boundaries of what is currently possible.

Evolv is a CE-certified medical device manufacturer that uses the latest gaming, AI and VR technology to rehabilitate patients with neurological injuries. In 2020, Evolv’s RehabKit helped stroke patients around the UK continue their therapy at home while the world was in shutdown. The machine is the first therapeutic device to feature the Azure Kinect [...]

Artificial intelligence (AI) can identify patients at risk of developing atrial fibrillation (AF) within the next five years, according to a recent study. AF, where the heart beats irregularly and abnormally fast, is a leading cause of stroke around the world. The study, led by researchers at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital and the Broad Institute [...]

New highly sensitive quantum sensors for the brain may be able to identify brain diseases such as dementia, MND and Parkinson's, by spotting a slowing in the speed at which signals travel across the brain. 

Zeit Medical has raised $2m in a seed round for its stroke detection headband. The device features a lightweight electroencephalogram (EEG) which works with a smartphone app to analyse brain activity and watch for signs of stroke. Research so far suggests that the device could alert people to a potential stroke hours before they would [...]