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
Specialized Arm Exercises for Stroke Recovery
Program May Help Brain Adjust, Study Shows
Specialized arm exercises may actually lead to brain changes during stroke recovery, a 2004 study shows. The results were seen in a stroke recovery program called BATRAC (bilateral arm training with rhythmic auditory cueing).
BATRAC differs from regular workouts and traditional therapeutic exercises. It uses sound cues to signal participants to start pushing or pulling on two T-bar handles, either using both arms at the same time or taking turns with each arm.
In 2004 BATRAC was compared to traditional stroke recovery exercises by researchers including Andreas Luft, MD, of the gerontology and medicine departments at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, Md. Having studied BATRAC before, Luft and colleagues already knew that it improved arm function during stroke recovery.
This time, they wanted to see how BATRAC affected the brain during stroke recovery.
Stroke Doesn't Just Impact Older Persons
According to Timothy Wolf of the Washington University School of Medicine, in St. Louis, "People in the working ages of life are having strokes with greater regularity than ever before."
Reporting in the September/October issue of the American Journal of Occupational Therapy, the team also found that while more people under the age of 65 are suffering strokes, rehabilitation is often not offered to younger people with mild stroke.
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