AboLiSh study demonstrates clinical benefit of injection guidance when treating spasticity with abobotulinumtoxinA 19th January, 2024: Ipsen has announced top line results from its real-world AboLiSh study (NCT04050527), presented at the 7th international TOXINS conference in Berlin, Germany. The study evaluated utilisation and effectiveness of Dysport® (abobotulinumtoxinA) in people living with lower-limb spasticity and found…
Category: Rehabilitation
Vestibular Rehabilitation in Concussion
Clinical Education in concussion at Southampton Football Club Emma Jewer, Concussion Service Lead at Hobbs Rehabilitation, recently delivered 2 workshops with practical and theory sessions to the medical teams from the youth, adult and women’s teams. This has led to requests for more practical training on baseline testing and embedding this into their existing rehab and…
WFNR Franz Gerstenbrand Award 2022
This year’s WFNR Franz Gerstenbrand Award closes for entries on 31st October, with £3,000 for the winner. The Award is open to clinicians, researchers or allied health professionals worldwide currently working in neurorehabilitation. Entries are open to WFNR members and non-members and are particularly encouraged from those individuals under the age of 35 years. …
Man feeds himself with robotic arms
Robotic arms connected directly to brain of partially paralysed man allows him to feed himself. Recent advances in neural science, robotics, and software have enabled scientists to develop a robotic system that responds to muscle movement signals from a partially paralysed person relayed through a brain-machine interface. Two robotic arms – a fork in one…
Novel Early Intervention Study for Stroke Patients
MindMaze and The University of Auckland partner on novel early intervention study for stroke patients, expanding global breadth of research supporting the company’s brain tech solutions MindMaze, (digital therapeutics (DTx) for neurological recovery and care), in partnership with The University of Auckland, has announced a new interventional study that will aim to show the merits…
Manoj Sivan to deliver keynote lecture at AFRM conference
The Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine has invited Dr Manoj Sivan to deliver the keynote lecture at its conference in Melbourne, Australia on 12 May, 2022. Dr Sivan one of only three UK rehabilitation specialists to have ever been invited to give this prestigious lecture. The AFRM’s annual keynote lecture was named the George Burniston…
Innovative IQoro neuromuscular treatment device achieves NHS prescription status
IQoro, a treatment device for swallowing dysfunction and acid-reflux based diseases, will be added to the Drug Tariff from May 1st this year. It has previously been used by around 75,000 individuals that have self-purchased, and by SLTs and neuro-rehab clinicians in 40 or more NHS trusts. IQoro is a simple hand-held device that is…
William Wordsworth’s former Lake District home transformed into neurorehabilitation centre
Calvert Reconnections has today opened its doors – transforming the one-time Lake District home of poet William Wordsworth into a neurorehabilitation centre. It is located at Old Windebrowe, a Grade II listed Tithe barn on the outskirts of the bustling market town of Keswick in the Lake District. The centre is the UK’s first residential…
£165k boost for brain injury survivors in the Scottish Borders
A new service for brain injury survivors in the Scottish Borders has been launched following a £165,000 funding boost from the National Lottery Community Fund. Dynamic Community Fusion (DCF), a Galashiels-based social enterprise, has been awarded two years of funding to deliver the new Reconnect with Confidence programme for people living with brain injuries or…
