Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Saturday, September 17, 2011

C-Mill: A Plug & Play Treadmill For Gait Training & Rehabilitation

I like this, putting marks on the walking surface to guide your steps. Although you will have to train yourself eventually to look ahead rather than down when walking.
http://inventorspot.com/articles/cmill_plug_play_treadmill_gait_training_rehabilitation

Learning to walk again after breaking a leg or hip, having a stroke, prosthetic, or partial paralysis depends on a lot of persistence and an excellent rehabilitation program that can guide you through gait training. Movement scientist Dr. Melvyn Roerdink from The Netherlands has developed a super smart, oversized treadmill that helps rehab patients gain confidence in their new gaits, with bells, whistles, and even light shows.

The Forcelink C-Mill lights the way to a new gait: ©ForcelinkThe Forcelink C-Mill lights the way to a new gait: ©Forcelink

The C-Mill, manufactured by Dutch company Forcelink, which specializes in creating treadmills with instruments that calculate data on gait parameters like stride length, width, frequency and symmetry. Based on these calculations, the C-Mill patterns a patient's current gait with lit visual cues on the walking belt. From there, the light cues gradually change towards the ideal gait for the patient. Sound cues are used to help patients acquire a rhythmic gait.

But we don't just walk on flat surfaces. The C-Mill also trains patients in obstacle avoidance. so that they can adapt their steps in time to avoid any obstacles and uneven surfaces,

Here is a short video of the C-Mill in operation:


Except that the video is definitely not a stroke patient. At least not one with a hemi gait.

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