A doctor, Rafael Campo [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2014/01/doctorpoet-rafael-campo-uses-the-stethoscope-to-explore-rhythms-of-poetry.html] , and three of his students [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2014/01/three-medical-students-on-why-poetry-nurtures-a-part-of-the-soul.html] discuss the importance of poetry to their work. I'm taken by the doctor's words >…
> World Cup to begin with mind-controlled exoskeleton kick http://t.co/ncoDg5Wom9 the Walk Again Project. #BCI [https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BCI&src=hash] — Richard Yonck (@ryonck) January 4, 2014 [https://twitter.com/ryonck/statuses/419540124708261888]…
Fast Company reports on the winners of this year's Dyson Award. This is a pretty impressive device, offering a 20-degree improvement in range of motion. I'm puzzled that the target audience seems to be hospitals. I'd do the therapy if a device like this…
The Tampa Bay Times reports the [story of The Rolling Dance Chair](http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/from-the-mind-of-a-dancer-a-new-kind-of-wheelchair/2143164). This puts me in mind of [You Don't Need Feet to Dance](http://mikeschultz.ghost.io/resilience/)…
This study is reported at Medical News Today with the headline ”Stroke Survivors Benefit From Regular, Brisk Outdoor Walks” and contains the following > Previous studies have already suggested that exercise that doesn’t put undue stresson the body can help stroke survivors increase their quality of life, but these…
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/…
@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…