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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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Research - Recover Arm Function following Stroke

Muscle ‘synergies’ a key to stroke treatment?

Researchers at MIT and San Camillo Hospital in Venice, Italy, have shown that motor impairments in stroke patients can be understood as impairments in specific combinations of muscle activity, known as synergies.  Previous work in animals and humans has shown that groups of muscles tend to be co-activated as a unit in predicable patterns, or synergies, across a wide range of movements.

 

Repetitive bilateral arm training and motor cortex activation in chronic stroke: a randomized controlled trial.

In this article in JAMA, the authors examine the mechanisms by which cortical networks are influenced by the interventions in post-stroke rehabilitation.  JAMA. 2004 Oct 20;292(15):1853-61.

CONTEXT: Reorganization in central motor networks occurs during early recovery from hemiparetic stroke. In chronic stroke survivors, specific rehabilitation therapy can improve upper extremity function.

   

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