Introducing Tailwind
Here you can learn about Tailwind™, a unique device that clinical studies have
demonstrated can permanently improve arm movement in stroke patients who
have lost upper extremity function - even years after their stroke event. The device is also helpful in improving arm function following brain injury, tumor and cerebral palsy. Tailwind is
a home-based exercise device developed by researchers at
the University of Maryland Medical School.
Effective for Stroke Survivors
Tailwind consists of two handles that move along independent
resistance-free tracks. The user moves the handles along each track
from different starting marks - and has auditory cues to guide when to
move his or
her arms. It is a "sound-to-brain" neural pathway retraining approach
that is theorised to help users with mild stroke symptoms achieve
life-altering results.
First of a Kind for Stroke
Tailwind has been demonstrated in clinical studies to permanently improve arm movement in stroke patients who have lost upper extremity function. In published
clinical studies, the science behind Tailwind was found to be a potentially useful solution in stroke rehabilitation.
So don't let discouragement from years of rehab that did not deliver the results you wanted prevent you from trying new Tailwind. If you have the motivation
to work with this device, research suggests it will work for you.
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News Items - Therapy for Stroke Survivors
Research on finding the best therapies
Research, published in the Annals of Neurology, is the first step in a multiyear project assessing how to predict how well people will recover from stroke.
After a stroke, the brain suffers more broadly than just at the spot that was starved of blood. New research, which uses brain imaging to examine connections between different parts of the brain, shows that communication between the left and right hemispheres is often disrupted; the greater the disruption, the more profound the patient's impairment in movement or vision. Researchers hope to use the approach to predict which patients are mostly likely to recover on their own and which will need the most intensive therapy. Researchers will repeat the brain scanning and behavioral testing months after the patients' strokes to see how both change over time.
Observing the Function of Neural Systems
Researchers at Howard Hughes Medical Institute have developed a method
to dupe nerve cells to manufacture a protein that lights up when those
cells depolarize.The fluorescent indicator, GCaMP3, for the first time
allows live monitoring of large number of neurons as they undergo
single action potentials. This amazing functional modality might open
new possibilities in the study of neural networks. See original link to article
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