Deans' stroke musings: New 3-D software for stroke & early dementia patients

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.

Monday, September 17, 2012

New 3-D software for stroke & early dementia patients

I think I prefer the cockroach stomping software. This is boring.

New 3-D software for stroke & early dementia patients

SINGAPORE - A new three-dimensional software has been developed to test and rehabilitate brain function in stroke and early dementia patients.

The virtual reality simulation program is developed by doctors from the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) and staff from the Integrated Health Information Systems (IHiS).

The software works like an interactive game - simulating real-life situations that Asian patients can easily relate to. These include activities such as going to a supermarket for groceries and choosing ingredients to prepare breakfast.

The program rewards patients with instant feedback and sound effects and has different complexity levels to match different abilities.

As the patient performs different tasks with the computer controls, data from his or her actions and decisions are tracked and captured.

NNI plans to implement the virtual reality simulation program next year at all its clinics which specialise in the assessment and diagnosis of memory disorders.

There are also plans to extend the service to patients at regional hospitals through the tele-health infrastructure that IHiS is setting up.