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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“She started playing, and then spoke for the first time”
Andrew Mernin reports on how neurologic music therapy is delivering “amazing” results on a busy London stroke ward.
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…
Emerging Parkinson’s treatment “safe and effective”
Applying pulses of focused ultrasound to the brain is safe and effective for reducing tremors and improving quality of life in people with essential tremor (ET) or Parkinson’s disease (PD) tremor, a study shows.
Nerve drug implicated in spinal recoveries
A common drug could help to restore limb function after spinal cord injury, scientists believe.
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).
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.
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.
