Rehabilitation

Using paired smartphones, motion-capture app OpenCap films video and then uses AI to analyse human movement, providing detailed data for use in rehabilitation, presurgery plans and disease diagnostics – and is 1% of the cost of traditional technology.

An experimental new material could help rehabilitate the injured and allow the nonspeaking to "speak," among other potential uses. It's also highly elastic, electrically conductive and self-healing – and it's known as CareGum.

Researchers at the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin have developed Harmony, a two-armed, robotic exoskeleton that uses mechanical feedback and sensor data to provide therapy to patients with spinal and neurological injuries.

The FDA has cleared the way for the ReWalk exoskeleton to be sold for personal use in the US, making it the first motorized exoskeleton designed for people with lower body paralysis due to spinal cord injury to be cleared for personal use in the US.

At IREX 2011, NSK showed a prototype guide robot for the visually-impaired. This week, just two years later, NSK showed a new prototype with a 75 percent weight reduction and an 83 percent footprint reduction.

The Sonik Spring is a Slinky-like digital audio playback device, that could find use in physical therapy.

A Korean company has commercialized a robotic walking gait rehabilitation system.

Two new robotic devices introduced at the 39th Home Care & Rehab Exhibition will assist caregivers in difficult and dirty jobs.

The Gyroboard spins, tilts, rocks and bounces to simulate the movements of board sports like skateboarding and snowboarding for some off-season training and rehabilitation.