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.
A "warning" often precedes a Stroke
One out of every eight strokes is preceded by a "warning stroke" called a transient ischemic attack, according to new Canadian research published inthe journal Neurology.
Doctors have long recognised TIAs or "mini-strokes," but how often they affect patients who go on to have full strokes has not always been clear. It had been previously estimated that about 10 per cent who have a mini-stroke will have a full-blown stroke within three months. But this study suggests the numbers are higher.
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- Repetitive bilateral arm training and motor cortex activation in chronic stroke: a randomized controlled trial.
- Bilateral arm training: why and who benefits?
- Tailwind (BATRAC) Related Research Studies
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