Rehabilitation at Home
Why You Should Start In-Home RehabilitationDue to physical and economic constraints, having access to long term rehabilitation may not be possible. What is the alternative?
User Reviews
The Road to Stroke Recovery with NeofectRAPAEL Smart Rehabilitation Solutions provide rehab and training through games for patients recovering from a stroke. Here are reviews of users.
Telehealth
Post Stroke Rehabilitation: What Does Telehealth Have to Do with It?A recent study about post-stroke rehabilitation reported that individuals who had experienced a stroke, saw as much improvement in their mobility through telerehabilitation sessions. Meet RAPAEL post-stroke rehabilitation solutions.
Fine Motor Skill
Neofect Smart Pegboard, Fine Motor Skill and Cognitive Rehabilitation for StrokeCES Innovation Award Honoree second year in a row, NEOFECT has developed Pegboard for imporiving Fine Motor skill and Cognitive Rehabilitation for stroke.
Upper Extremity Function
Neofect Smart Board: Introducing Your Virtual Reach Retraining ToolResearch shows that utilizing virtual reality gaming as a therapy tool has the potential to increase a patient's engagement and motivation in therapy.
Digital Rehab
Smart Rehabilitation Training Games for Stroke at homeNEOFECT’s RAPAEL Smart Solutions provide rehabilitation through games for patients recovering from a stroke, brain injury, hemiplegia, and so on.
Serious Game
The Latest Way of Stroke Rehab: Serious gamesOne of the latest way of stroke rehabilitation is serious games. Find out how NEOFECT Smart Glove helps patients enjoy games and perform rehabilitation exercise effectively.
Neuroplasticity
Using Brain Plasticity to Supercharge Your Brain for Stroke RecoveryAbout Characteristics of Plasticity, Ways To Harness Plasticity, How Exactly Does Plasticity Improve the Mind, and Maintaining Plasticity
Neuro Rehabilitation
Why Neuro-Rehabilitation is Necessary for Stroke PatientsDaniel Wolpert said, "The brain was made not to think but to achieve complex, adapted movements." Do you know why he said like this?
Daily Rehabilitation
Stroke Rehabilitation Exercises at Home | Neofect Smart Rehab SolutionsMeet home-based rehabiltation solutions and training programs such as stroke rehabilitation exercises at home at the RAPAEL Home Blog.
Daily Rehabilitation
Left Side Stroke: The Reason Why People Should Use Their Affected SideFind out the reason why right or left side stroke patients should use their affected side. RAPAEL Smart Rehabilitation Solutions are developed to help left side stroke and hemiplegic patients train their affected side.
Stroke Prevention
Help Prevent and Manage Stroke with TechnologyIn trying to increase stroke awareness and the resources exist for stroke survivors, there are some apps you can use to prevent and manage stroke symptoms
Daily Rehabilitation
Electrical Stimulation + Smart Glove Program Yields Promising ResultsNew research accepted for publication by the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehab with Functional Electrical Stimulation Improves Function After Stroke
Hand Rehabilitation Training
Delicate Movements are More Effective for Changes in the BrainResearch on the brain has been conducted for a very long time. Thanks to the studies, most of us know that the brain is a very important part of our body.
Mirror Neuron
Mirror Neurons And Stroke Rehabilitation TrainingMirror Neurons for stroke rehabilitation
Have you ever experienced contagious yawning? There must have been a time when
you saw someone yawning with his mouth open wide and unconsciously did the same.
You may also have experienced your face mimicking the expressions or the slight
muscle movements in the face of the person sitting and talking before you.
Just like the reflections in a mirror. Such phenomena occur involuntarily
regardless of our will. Whether involuntary or voluntary, the contraction of the
muscles and the occurrence of such movement indicate that the associated motor
program has been executed in our central nervous system. What is the reason
behind the phenomenon of unconsciously mimicking the movements of another
person?
Mirror neurons are what provide us with the explanation in a neurophysiological
approach. Mirror neurons refer to the nerve cells that are activated once you
observe someone else practicing a certain movement, or when you make the same
movement of your own. The name was given because of its resemblance to the
reflection in a mirror.
This mirror neuron, considered to be the most groundbreaking discovery in the
history of neuroscience, was first discovered in 1995 by Giacomo Rizzolatti, who
is known as Einstein of Italy as the neuroscientist of the University of Parma.
The existence of the mirror neurons was found by coincidence. In Giacomo
Rizzolatti’s laboratory of the University of Parma, a research was conducted on
the motor area of a monkey’s brain. After inserting electrodes in the Ventral
premotor cortex of the monkey’s cerebrum, the monkey was instructed to eat food
with its hand. While the monkey was carrying out the task, the activation of the
Ventral premotor cortex in the cerebrum was recorded with sounds of a bell and
braille.
During the break time of the research, one of the research team members pulled a
prank on the monkey by eating some of its food. Then the bell rang and the
braille was recorded. Surprised, the researcher reported the case to Giacomo
Rizzolatti, who began an in-depth study on such response. He designed three
situations as the pictures above and compared the responses of the Ventral
premotor cortex in the cerebrum.
1. The response of the Ventral premotor cortex when the monkey watches the
movement of another monkey eating the food with its hand
2. The response of the Ventral premotor cortex when the monkey watches the
movement of a human eating the food with his hand
3. The response of the Ventral premotor cortex when the monkey makes the
movement of eating the food with its hand
Results of the comparison showed that the brain activity was similar for all
three cases. With such finding as he basis, Giacomo Rizzolatti announced that
within the motor area of the Ventral premotor cortex in the cerebrum exists the
mirror neuron, which responses and becomes active just by watching the movement
of another being.
Based on the research, a mirror may be adopted in the process of stroke
rehabilitation training. For example, if you place a mirror before you when
walking, you can check whether your legs are symmetrical, enabling you to
observe and assess your manner of walking over a long period of time.
There are many cases of when the adoption of mirrors in the rehabilitation
training helps in better control of movements in the affected side (the part
suffering from hemiplegia due to stroke, the part of greater difficulty in
movement), because watching yourself in the mirror makes it easier for you to
concentrate on your movements.
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