Are smartphones a smart way to go? (Jeffrey Hausdorff, 20 February 2012)
Technology that enables clinicians and researchers to quantify and treat balance and gait problems is rapidly evolving. For a long time, laboratory-based, specialized equipment that included multiple cameras and embedded force platforms were the heart and soul of the analysis of gait and balance. Many treatments were also centered around these powerful technologies. Over the past two decades or so, much effort has been invested into the use of wearable computers, also commonly referred to as body-fixed sensors. Advantages of an approach based on body-fixed sensors include cost and space, and the possibility of bringing the measurement system to the patient and clinic rather than the other way around. An additional key advantage is the potential for long-term recordings that may more closely...
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Comment on: Lee et al. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 9:10
An interesting and important contribution to gait retraining after stroke (Alberto Esquenazi, 13 February 2012)
The study is retrospective and has some methodological weakness but even with this the authors bring forward a proposal for an innovative therapeutic approach namely "Body Weight Supported Robotic Gait Training" that is of value particularly in the early phase of rehabilitation when patients are limited by their capacity to participate in high intensity, high repetition walking as a therapeutic...
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Comment on: Conesa et al. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 9:13
Comment on Belda-Lois et al. (william rymer, 23 January 2012)
This review focuses on assessing the impact of a wide range of rehabilitation therapies promoting gait recovery after hemispheric stroke. The review emphasizes the role of reorganizing the central nervous system in promoting gait recovery, by contrasting this approach with classical therapies targeting peripheral neuromuscular interventions. The review is detailed, broad and...
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Comment on: Belda-Lois et al. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 8:66
Reassessing standardised outcome measures (Caoimhe Bennis, 30 November 2011)
It is of utmost importance that we reassess the standard in clinical outcome measures. Many of the scales used in the clinical setting are considered by therapists to be outdated, unreliable and time consuming....
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Comment on: Persson et al. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 8:57
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Are smartphones a smart way to go? (Jeffrey Hausdorff, 20 February 2012)
Technology that enables clinicians and researchers to quantify and treat balance and gait problems is rapidly evolving. For a long time, laboratory-based, specialized equipment that included multiple cameras and embedded force platforms were the heart and soul of the analysis of gait and balance. Many treatments were also centered around these powerful technologies. Over the past two decades or so, much effort has been invested into the use of wearable computers, also commonly referred to as body-fixed sensors. Advantages of an approach based on body-fixed sensors include cost and space, and the possibility of bringing the measurement system to the patient and clinic rather than the other way around. An additional key advantage is the potential for long-term recordings that may more closely... read full comment
Comment on: Lee et al. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 9:10
An interesting and important contribution to gait retraining after stroke (Alberto Esquenazi, 13 February 2012)
The study is retrospective and has some methodological weakness but even with this the authors bring forward a proposal for an innovative therapeutic approach namely "Body Weight Supported Robotic Gait Training" that is of value particularly in the early phase of rehabilitation when patients are limited by their capacity to participate in high intensity, high repetition walking as a therapeutic... read full comment
Comment on: Conesa et al. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 9:13
Comment on Belda-Lois et al. (william rymer, 23 January 2012)
This review focuses on assessing the impact of a wide range of rehabilitation therapies promoting gait recovery after hemispheric stroke. The review emphasizes the role of reorganizing the central nervous system in promoting gait recovery, by contrasting this approach with classical therapies targeting peripheral neuromuscular interventions. The review is detailed, broad and... read full comment
Comment on: Belda-Lois et al. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 8:66
Reassessing standardised outcome measures (Caoimhe Bennis, 30 November 2011)
It is of utmost importance that we reassess the standard in clinical outcome measures. Many of the scales used in the clinical setting are considered by therapists to be outdated, unreliable and time consuming.... read full comment
Comment on: Persson et al. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 8:57