New T-Haler Helps Improve Use of Inhalers
Asthma inhalers seem easy to use, but they actually require a good deal of precision and fine timing during shaking, inhalation, and pressing of the button. Learning how to properly use the devices has always been a watch and learn affair, but now a new practice inhaler has been developed, called T-Haler, that can actually correct improper usage [...]
Anatomy of an Athlete: Elite sport, surgery and medical art
The Hunterian Museum of The Royal College of Surgeons has teamed up with the Medical Artists’ Association of Great Britain to create an art exhibit that brings together sports and medicine. New artworks were commissioned especially for the show that aims to profile the role that medicine, and particularly surgery, plays for the modern athlete. [...]
Biodegradable Joint Implant For Arthritis
Researchers at Tampere University of Technology (TUT), Finland, have developed what they believe to be the first biodegradable joint implant. The implant, called RegJoint, is used in the treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. The RegJoint is fabricated from biodegradable polylactide copolymer and is placed inside the capsule that surrounds the joint. It is designed [...]
Here come the exoskeletons!
Ekso, a wearable robot that powers paraplegics up, enabling them to stand and walk. Really? Yes it’s here! Ekso Bionics has recently delivered the ready-to-wear, battery-powered Ekso exoskeleton to its first customer, the Craig Hospital in Denver, an institution dedicated to spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury rehabilitation. Ekso is designed for patients with spinal cord [...]
Evidence In Motion Announces a Business Track for Manipalooza 2012
Evidence In Motion (EIM) is excited to announce that they will be adding a business track to the Manipalooza 2012 curriculum. The business track will consist of a full day of lecture and discussion about private physical therapy practice management and will be held in San Antonio, Texas on May 19, 2012. Manipalooza 2012 is [...]
Virtual exercise classes for individuals with COPD
Individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are able to take part in physiotherapy in their own homes as part of a new video-conferencing trial in Scotland. The trial sees small groups of patients matched up with a physiotherapist so they can support one another as they practice exercises at home. It has developed from [...]
Self assessment tool provide a meaningful measure of pelvic floor health in women.
The Electronic Personal Assessment Questionnaire (ePAQ) is an interactive, web-based symptom and quality of life assessment system created at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals trust. It is being used in urogynaecology pelvic floor medicine, offering comprehensive patient self assessment of urinary, bowel, vaginal and sexual symptoms in the privacy of patients’ own homes. It is now routinely [...]
New plate receives approval for fixing distal clavicle fractures
Suspension Orthopaedics just announced that their hybrid fixation plate for distal clavicle fractures has received FDA approval. Distal clavicle fractures are extremely difficult to fix surgically. Currently two methods are frequently used to approach this challenging problem. One method is to use a plate with screws to secure the fracture. However, this can be very [...]
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