NeuroRehabilitation: Evolving Practice

From Theory to Practice: Engagement in Neurorehabilitation.

Given patient and caregiver access to information through technology and the growing body of evidence indicating patient and caregiver engagement improves outcomes, gone are the days of the sage on the stage approach to healthcare in which the health professional reigns supreme. A simple internet search will yield a plethora of resources about patient engagement, from news articles to websites ...

Computer-guided mental practice in neurorehabilitation.

Motor imagery is the mental simulation of a movement without motor output. In recent years, there has been growing interest towards the application of motor imagery-based training, or "mental practice", in stroke rehabilitation. We have developed a virtual reality prototype (the VR Mirror) to support patients in performing mental practice. The VR Mirror displays a three-dimensional simulation o...

Neurorehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis – Resilience in Practice

I n recent years, enormous strides have been made in increasing the range and efficacy of disease-modifying drugs available for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) in its early and remitting stages, and more continue to emerge. Another equally important concept of successful treatment of MS is neurorehabilitation, which must be pursued alongside these medications. Key factors that contribu...

Evolving Practice and Theory

Evolving pervasive health research into clinical practice.

Correspondence to: Dr. Oscar Mayora CREATE-NET Via alla Cascata 56D Trento, 38123 Italy E-mail: [email protected] During the past years there has been a growing research trend on investigating the use of pervasive computing technologies for their use in the healthcare domain. The research activity on this topic known as “Pervasive Health”, has been defined as a scientific discipline i...