Patients with Tetraplegia: New Method Restores Grip Function

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[11/04/2013] A new method in which a number of operations are performed simultaneously can provide people with tetraplegia with a better grip function and the ability to open their hand. This method also shortens the patient’s rehabilitation period by at least three months, reveals a doctoral thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.Patients with Tetraplegia: New Method Restores Grip Function - Read more

Brain Sensor: Future Rehabilitation Options

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[21/03/2013] A compact, self-contained sensor recorded and transmitted brain activity data wirelessly for more than a year in early stage animal tests, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.Brain Sensor: Future Rehabilitation Options - Read more

Mechanism After a Stressful Event: "The dynorphin opioid receptor system decreases the intensity of stress memory“

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[03/12/2012] Forgetting stressful events isn’t always easy, especially when they have been deeply committed to human memory. Scientists at the Universities of Bonn and Berlin have now discovered a mechanism that inhibits the ability to forget fear after a stressful incident. They demonstrated in experiments that subsiding fear does not happen if not enough dynorphin is dumped in the brain. Mechanism After a Stressful Event: "The dynorphin opioid receptor system decreases the intensity of stress memory“ - Read more

Physiotherapy for Parkinson’s Disease: "Active therapy can ultimately delay the mobility disability"

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[01/08/2012] For the longest time, a specifically developed physiotherapy treatment for Parkinson’s patients was not being adequately considered. Yet goal-oriented therapy can alleviate and delay mobility disability. The sooner you start these newly developed types of physiotherapy training, the faster you can get results. Physiotherapy for Parkinson’s Disease: "Active therapy can ultimately delay the mobility disability" - Read more

Auxiliary Means: Until the Prosthesis Fits

After accidents and amputations, prosthetics help in replacing missing body parts. However, for the devices to function optimally, they have to be fitted well to the wearer. A comprehensive process – from manufacturing to walking training. Auxiliary Means: Until the Prosthesis Fits - Read more

Patients with MS: Cognitive Rehabilitation Improves Brain Performance

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[22/02/2012] In a new study functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) shows that cognitive rehabilitation changes brain function and improves cognitive performance in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS).Patients with MS: Cognitive Rehabilitation Improves Brain Performance - Read more

Rehabilitation at Home: “The System Is to Enable Patients to Do Rehab Exercises at Home”

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[09/01/2012] MEDICA.de talked to Professor Didier Stricker of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and leader of the project about delighted physiotherapists, motivated patients and the advantage towards simple interactive sports games on the computer. Rehabilitation at Home: “The System Is to Enable Patients to Do Rehab Exercises at Home” - Read more

Anorexia Therapy: Allowing yourself to enjoy food again

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[02/01/2012] There is no drug to treat anorexia nervosa. This complex mental illness that goes along with severe physical impairments requires intense therapy that has one final goal in mind: the affected person is supposed to relearn healthy eating patterns to avoid becoming dangerously underweight. Anorexia Therapy: Allowing yourself to enjoy food again - Read more

Central Nervous System: How Brain Corrects Bumps to Body

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[07/12/2011] Researchers of the Queen’s University have identified the area of the brain that controls our ability to correct our movement after we have been hit or bumped — a finding that may have implications for understanding why subjects with stroke often have severe difficulties moving.Central Nervous System: How Brain Corrects Bumps to Body - Read more

Mental Health: Religion Benefits Traumatic Brain Injury Victims

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[30/06/2011] Professor Brigid Waldron-Perrine and Professor Lisa J. Rapport, professor of psychology at Wayne State University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, found that if traumatic brain injury (TBI) victims feel close to a higher power, it can help them rehabilitate.Mental Health: Religion Benefits Traumatic Brain Injury Victims - Read more

Wound healing – On the tracks of disorders of the wound healing process

As problem-free as wound healing seems initially, it’s a complex process for every organism. Often the body is able to replace the lost tissue, but what happens if this is not the case?Wound healing – On the tracks of disorders of the wound healing process - Read more

Study: Workers Most Invested in Their Jobs Have Highest Stress Levels

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[25/01/2011] A workplace's key employees may be at the greatest risk of experiencing high levels of work stress, according to a new study by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).Study: Workers Most Invested in Their Jobs Have Highest Stress Levels - Read more

Shoulder Problems: Physiotherapy After Surgery Is The Best Solution

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[25/08/2010] Most patients who receive physiotherapy after surgery experience that pain is reduced by a half within a few months. Most of them are free of pain after one to two years. This is the conclusion of a thesis presented at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.Shoulder Problems: Physiotherapy After Surgery Is The Best Solution - Read more

Cardiac Event: Only 37 Percent Keep Exercising for Heart

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[31/03/2010] Researchers found that one year after 248 individuals completed a cardiac rehabilitation program following a heart attack, bypass surgery or angioplasty, only 37 percent exercised three times a week to keep their hearts healthy.Cardiac Event: Only 37 Percent Keep Exercising for Heart - Read more

Protheses: May Last for More than 150 Years

[25/03/2010] Current body protheses do not last more than ten to 15 years. After this time, the operation has to be repeated in order to change prothesis. Researchers have now found a way of producing a prosthesis that could last more than 150 years. Protheses: May Last for More than 150 Years - Read more

Knee Replacement: Most Patients Gain Weight

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[02/02/2010] People who have had knee replacement surgery - finally able to walk and exercise without pain – do not lose weight but put on pounds, according to a new study.Knee Replacement: Most Patients Gain Weight - Read more

Recovering with Dogs Requires Less Pain Medication

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[04/12/2009] Adults who use pet therapy while recovering from total joint-replacement surgery require 50 percent less pain medication than those who do not.Recovering with Dogs Requires Less Pain Medication - Read more

Stroke: Care with Stumbling Blocks (Part 1)

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[15/08/2009] by Wiebke Heiss/MEDICA.de

A stroke is like a bolt from the blue. Many times the consequence is a lifelong disability. Research into prevention and rehabilitation of the disease makes progress but the results reach the patients in clinical everyday life only slowly.Stroke: Care with Stumbling Blocks (Part 1) - Read more

Stroke: Care with Stumbling Blocks (Part 2)

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[15/08/2009] by Wiebke Heiss / MEDICA.deStroke: Care with Stumbling Blocks (Part 2) - Read more