First-of-its-kind clinical trial emphasizes precision medicine for older adults often overlooked in musculoskeletal research Grant and Award Announcement UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE PROFESSOR GREGORY HICKS, A RESEARCH CHAMPION AIMING TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF OLDER ADULTS, IS SHOWN MONITORING TREATMENT WITH PHYSICAL THERAPIST NATASHA LOBO AT THE PHYSICAL THERAPY CLINIC ON UD’S SCIENCE,...
When Ozzy Osbourne canceled a tour this year due to health issues, his Instagram post cryptically mentioned the kind of treatment he’d received since a 2019 back injury and Parkinson’s disease diagnosis. Osbourne, 74, said he’d had “groundbreaking Cybernics (HAL) Treatment,” medical technology developed in Japan that became available in the United States about 5 years ago. The...
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...
This news or article is intended for readers with certain scientific or professional knowledge in the field. Telomeres are repeated DNA sequences at the ends of chromosomes. With each cell division a little telomere length is lost, and this is an important part of the countdown mechanism that limits replication of somatic cells. Somatic cells...
by University of Bristol High intensity physical activity in early life might help maximize peak hip strength and prevent osteoporosis in later life, according to a study from University of Bristol researchers published in JAMA Network Open today. The research, which analyzed data from 2,569 participants of the Children of the 90s health study, found...
New electronics platform provides better data for personalized care A NEW FORM OF ELECTRONICS KNOWN AS “DRAWN-ON-SKIN ELECTRONICS ” ALLOWS MULTIFUNCTIONAL SENSORS AND CIRCUITS TO BE DRAWN ON THE SKIN WITH AN INK PEN. view more CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON A team of researchers led by Cunjiang Yu, Bill D. Cook Associate Professor of Mechanical...
Fear avoidance, pain medication use, and treatment expectations impact response to nonpharmaceutical treatments to relieve chronic low back pain BOSTON – New research shows that people with chronic low back pain (cLBP) have better results from yoga and physical therapy compared to reading evidence-based self-help materials. While this finding was consistent across many patient characteristics,...
Masimo has announced that it’s making the Bridge device available, the first electronic therapeutic solution for tackling opioid withdrawals. Originally developed by Innovative Health Solutions, a Versailles, Indiana firm, the Bridge delivers neuromodulation to a set of occipital and cranial nerves (V, VII, IX, and X) via electrodes attached near the ear. The therapy helps...
Mainstay Medical, an Irish firm, just won FDA approval to introduce its ReActiv8 neurostimulator that works to address the underlying causes of back pain. Most existing pain reducing implants work to simply mask the pain by delivering electrical signals to the relevant nerves. The ReActiv8 instead stimulates the multifidus muscle, that lies next to the...
AMERICAN ASSOCIATES, BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV LEVY-TZEDEK AND HER TEAM DISCOVERED THAT A SINGLE, 60-MINUTE INTERACTION WITH PARO ACTUALLY IMPROVED MOOD AS WELL AS REDUCED MILD OR SEVERE PAIN. WHEN PARTICIPANTS TOUCHED PARO, THEY EXPERIENCED GREATER… view more CREDIT: BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV BEER-SHEVA, Israel…June 23, 2020 – Could furry social robots help...
