On the road to reinvention
London actor and creative Byron Konizi has emerged from years battling the effects of brain injury with a plan to help others like him, as Andrew Mernin reports.
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29 January, 2020
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Dysphagia device that continues to deliver
The swallowing disorder dysphagia is experienced in as many as 93 per cent of people admitted to brain injury rehab centres (Hansel et al, 2008)…
Read MoreThe only way is up
An idea conceived by a psychologist in northern Spain is now helping to transform rehab outcomes across the world. NR Times reports on NeuronUP.
Read MoreWorrying trends in health and safety enforcement
Irwin Mitchell’s Lisa Fairclough reports on a concerning decline in prosecutions following workplace injuries.
Read MoreTreatment boost for MS patients in Scotland
The treatment landscape for Scottish MS patients has been bolstered by a landmark decision.
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Out of the shadows
A charity which encourages brain injury survivors to put others first is helping them to re-find their place as valued members of society. Deborah Johnson reports.
Meet David, a global innovator in rehab
A paper published earlier this year reaffirmed the value of exercise in slowing Parkinson’s disease…
The twin forces creating a rehab superpower
It’s 20 years since Hocoma’s robotic rehab machine Lokomat was launched. In the decades since, over 300 peer reviewed journal articles on the gait training device have been published.
Nerve drug implicated in spinal recoveries
A common drug could help to restore limb function after spinal cord injury, scientists believe.
New homelessness and brain injury links emerge
It shows that half of all homeless people may have suffered a TBI at some point in their life –...
Change makers gather on key date in neuro-rehab diary
The need for further changes to the way brain injuries are handled in the UK was a dominant theme at UKABIF’s 11th annual conference in London recently.
Introducing the UK’s newest neuropsychiatric care service
February 2020 sees the opening of a new specialist hospital for men with challenging behaviour caused by brain injuries and neurological condition, as NR Times reports.
Football and the brain research breakthrough
The inquest of former footballer Jeff Astle in 2002 famously concluded that his death following...
2020: The year of the exoskeleton?
With the pace of exoskeleton development picking up, 2020 could be a breakthrough year in terms of their widespread use in rehab, writes Deborah Johnson.
Opinion
What makes a good medico-legal expert?
What makes a good medico-legal expert in the eyes of a legal team? Here Irwin Mitchell serious injury partner, David Withers, gives his insight.
“I am able to enjoy every day”
After a car accident on holiday, Jason was told he’d never walk again, but he had other ideas – which have now become a reality – as Irwin Mitchell partner Demetrius Danas explains.
What makes a good case manager on a catastrophic injury case?
A case manager’s role in a seriously injured person recovery cannot be understated, write David Withers, partner at Irwin Mitchell.
How Sarah jumped beyond the boundaries of her injury
Sarah’s journey from early struggles to Paralympian dreams shows the power of passion – and well resourced, multidisciplinary rehab – writes Emma Rush, Partner at Irwin Mitchell.
Biting back against a common threat
The swallowing disorder dsyphagia is widespread among people with brain injuries and conditions – and its impact can be profound. Here Helen Willis, dietitian at Wiltshire Farm Foods tells NR Times how to curb its negative influence on people in recovery.
Addressing the paradox of employers’ liability insurance
Urgent changes are needed to the legislation that governs severe injuries in the workplace, experts say.
Insight
Summersaulting out of the comfort zone
Staff at St Neots, a neuro-rehab centre on the border of Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire, were looking for ways to expand their patient
rehab opportunities when they had a gold standard idea…
Winging it in the rehab world
For over 20 years the Flying Faculty has been sending experts across the globe on an international mission to improve neurorehabilitation training and delivery. NR Times reports.
Unequal opportunities
A third of people with a brain condition face workplace discrimination. Sarah Sinclair reports on the challenge of getting into employment – and staying there.
“It’s a really, really lonely place to be…”
Up to a third of women, and one in four men, will experience violence at the hands of a partner at some point in their lives. A black eye may be hard to hide, but a traumatic brain injury could remain undetected indefinitely, as Sarah Sinclair reports.
“The whole process was shocking”
Families affected by motor neurone disease are fighting a losing battle for accessible housing and home alterations, as Ethan Sisterson reports.
Behind the cloak of competence
Almost 100 brain injury case managers took part in a recent study investigating the influence of the Mental Capacity Act on their work with brain injury clients. Here Sophie Moore reports on the results.
Technology
Home run for stroke innovation
Home run for stroke innovation
The manual therapist’s new best friend?
Musculoskeletal pain caused by spinal disorders reportedly costs the US health care system US$874bn per year, and is the most common cause of severe long-term pain and disability…
Dysphagia device that continues to deliver
The swallowing disorder dysphagia is experienced in as many as 93 per cent of people admitted to brain injury rehab centres (Hansel et al, 2008)…
Meet David, a global innovator in rehab
A paper published earlier this year reaffirmed the value of exercise in slowing Parkinson’s disease…
AI breakthrough could cut brain injury fatalities
A new study has raised the prospect of artificial intelligence being used in intensive care after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Two-piece transformations…
Swedish innovation the Mollii Suit is helping neuro- rehab patients with a range of conditions to regain lost functions and boost their quality of life, as Richard Welch explains here.
Interviews
State of the rehab nation
The driving force of rehabilitation research in America has big plans to speed treatment development and improve skills, its outgoing president Dr Deborah Backus tells Andrew Mernin.
“Blows to the head, thrown from moving cars, strangled – it’s depressingly common”
A neuroscientist and a women’s shelter are working together to save domestic violence survivors through brain injury research. And it all started on Tinder…
Failed and forgotten in a US care home
One of America’s leading experts on disorders of consciousness sees major flaws in the way patients are being managed – in a system marred by pessimism and premature death. NR Times reports.
Escaping rehab’s ‘black box’ problem
How rehabilitation patients and research projects are being hamstrung by the field’s inability to properly characterise treatments and interventions.
“Surely I wasn’t the only one who felt like this”
How a freak accident and a subsequently delayed diagnosis of brain injury changed Michelle Munt’s life forever.
“Yes I have Parkinson’s, but I’m no geriatric”
Gaynor Edwards, founder of Spotlight YOPD, on her mission to change perceptions and awareness of the condition – and why the stigma has to go.
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