Interview conducted by Skyla Baily Dec 19 2022 Insights from industryKiki CoppelmansCSO / Co-Founder and Psychosomatic Physical TherapistCorpus VR NewsMedical spoke with Kiki Coppelmans from InMotion VR about their Corpus virtual reality platform that offers innovative rehabilitative therapy solutions. Please could you introduce yourself and your professional background? My name is Kiki Coppelmans, and I’m a...
by University of Leeds Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A rehabilitation program that helps people with long COVID reduce their symptoms and increase activity levels has shown “impressive” results, say scientists. It is based on a gradual or paced increase in a patient’s physical activity. Before the start of the program, the people taking part in...
by Kessler Foundation Dr. Carly Wender supervises a research participant in a VR exercise training study at Kessler Foundation. Credit: Kessler Foundation/Jody Banks In a recent article, Kessler Foundation scientists advocated for the incorporation of virtual reality (VR) technology in cognitive rehabilitation research in multiple sclerosis (MS). They presented a conceptual framework supporting VR as...
OSAKA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY IMAGE: FIG 1. EACH GROUP’S THERAPY ROUTINE IS OUTLINED (LEFT) WITH FUGL-MEYER ASSESSMENTS (RIGHT). THE FUGL-MEYER ASSESSMENT IS A STROKE-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE-BASED IMPAIRMENT INDEX THAT RATES PATIENTS’ ABILITY TO PERFORM TASKS ON A 3-POINT SCALE, 0 INDICATES TASKS CANNOT BE PERFORMED, 1 PARTIALLY PERFORMED, 2 PERFORMED. CREDIT: TAKASHI TAKEBAYASHI , OSAKA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY...
by Mohammed Asheruddin, Indian Institute of Science Soft wearable glove for stroke rehabilitation. Credit: Mesoscopic Lab, Department of Physics, IISc Stroke is India’s third leading cause of death and the sixth leading cause of disability. Physiotherapy is one of the few treatments available for rehabilitating stroke victims and patients with physical injuries. However, physiotherapy can take days to months...
By Dmitry Dorofeev, B.Sc Reviewed by Sophia Coveney What is virtual reality? Virtual reality is an environment generated with the help of animated computer programs and displayed on the screen – an external space that is similar to a real one. Although it has similar properties to film and television, virtual reality has some distinctive...
MICHIGAN MEDICINE – UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN IMAGE: PATIENT VISITING A REHABILITATION PSYCHOLOGIST. CREDIT: JACOB DWYER, MICHIGAN MEDICINE After a month-long hospitalization from COVID-19, a once-independent older adult struggles to complete daily tasks. They can’t make breakfast without getting fatigued or focus on reading the paper. They’ve been in physical therapy for months and are not...
by Naomi Cocks, The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock Imagine not wanting to leave your house because of fear you would drool. That’s the choice many people with Parkinson’s disease confront every day. Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative condition in Australia after dementia. It’s estimated around 70,000 Australians live with it and one of...
by La Trobe University Dr Amy Dennett conducts a telehealth rehabilitation appointment. Credit: La Trobe University La Trobe University research has found delivering cancer patients’ rehabilitation clinics by telehealth is safe, effective and removes barriers to participation, such as fatigue, travel and parking costs. Published in Journal of Medical Internet Research—Cancer, the study found 88...
JANUARY 7, 2022 by Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Credit: TNE / EPFL After lying for a while in a way that puts pressure on a nerve in your arm, you do not feel the arm anymore, you cannot perceive its location and size, and it feels like it does not belong to your own body....
