Tag: PHYSICALTHERAPY

A team of Japanese researchers have created a machine that could restore muscle memory in people who are partially paralyzed, possibly heping them to walk again. According to IEEE Spectrum, the group from the University of Tsukuba will present the details of their research at the 2010 Haptics Symposium this week in Massachusetts. Dubbed the GaitMaster 5, the physical therapy machine is similar ...

Researchers at the University of Leeds are developing a device that lets children with dyspraxia, a motor-skills deficit, perform exercises designed to help them improve coordination. Similar to the high-degree-of-freedom interfaces used by computer animators and modelers, the device is essentially a digital pen attached to a robotic arm, and is used to control various games and activities, such ...

It's getting harder and harder to find an erotic encounter on Craigslist these days, thanks to extra attention from government and subsequent legal crackdowns. The site's ubiquitous offers for "massages" and similar services are now sure to fall off even more, since Fox News is reporting that there is a killer on the loose in the Boston area. Turns out the killer may have used Craigslist to lure ...

Since a virus struck her at the age of six, ten-year-old Nicole Cahill, of Enniscorthy, Ireland, has lived with paralysis, incapable of taking so much as one step. But, thanks to medical treatment and a new Nintendo Wii Fit, Nicole has begun to walk again, reports the Belfast Telegraph. This past December, returning to Ireland from a New York hospital where she took her first steps in four long ...

Despite all the stories that claim video games are corrupting our children, plenty of good news regarding video games is also surfacing lately, much of due to Nintendo's charge to expand its market to non gamers. This was spurred on by the success of games like 'Brain Age' among senior citizens, and now the Wii is finding even more success in strange places, like physical therapy offices. Some ...

Since its release late last year, the motion-sensitive Nintendo Wii has become a runaway success for many reasons, including famously keeping the aging and elderly active with a variety of sports titles. Given the video-game console's unorthodox penchant for promoting physical activity instead of discouraging it, it seems only natural that physical therapists have begun putting the system to ...