I wish this report included video or links to the research site. Via “@jsbaranski Smart phone technology helps stroke survivors walk again [http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/health/smart-phone-technology-helps-stroke-survivors-walk-again]…
I may as well be late to the party on this, but now that I’ve discovered it, I’ll make finding out more about it my “homework” for the day. I’m interested that Andy Revkin [https://mikeschultz.ghost.io/andy-revkins-stroke/] is scheduled to appear; I hope the stories…
Hard not to pass this on when the cast I’m wearing on my wrist looks almost exactly like the one pictured at Gizmodo. But the cast I’m wearing is made of a material that had to be wetted before it became rigid. Vacuum-powered casting material [http://gizmodo.com/…
> A recent eye infection I got has drawn many sideways glances. Reflecting on what people with visible #disabilities [https://twitter.com/search?q=%23disabilities&src=hash] endure — Shankar Vedantam (@HiddenBrain) February 20, 2013 [https://twitter.com/HiddenBrain/statuses/304346442674356224]…
> Brain damage has its downsides, but for a few, their accidents allowed them to become savants with new talents http://t.co/67NgYX86 — Popular Science (@PopSci) February 19, 2013 [https://twitter.com/PopSci/statuses/303885125517717504] An interesting longread that shows you always can accentuate the positive.…
So I’ve seen [electrotherapy repurposed to art](http://mikeschultz.ghost.io/a-new-empi/). Now it’s being repurposed to gaming.via Gizmodo [http://gizmodo.com/5981787/creepy-smartphone-add+on-shocks-your-muscles-for-realistic-force-feedback]…
@Xeni reminds me of the way I feel about rehab patients and therapists. > I spent the day at my cancer center. You know who my heroes are? Every goddamned soul in the infusion room, post-op recovery, or radiation. — Xeni Jardin (@xeni) January 18, 2013 [https://twitter.com/xeni/statuses/…
> “Combining robotic exercise with regular rehabilitation may be the key to successful intervention,” said Kayoko Takahashi, lead author of the study. Robots could allow therapists to focus on helping patients master daily activities while maintaining repetitive training, Takahashi said. The new study involved 60 stroke survivors with hemiplegia (paralysis…