Growing Technology in the World of Physical Therapy

The American Physical Therapy Association Combined Section Meeting will be here before we know it.  I've been checking out the programming and figured I'd begin to share sessions that spark an interest for me.  Granted, our profession spans multiple types of settings and various types of patients.  I realize what may spark an interest may not necessarily be conducive for attending because we don't practice in that particular realm of physical therapy.

When you think about our bodies and how we learn how to do things, it makes such practical sense to basically have people with substantial movement dysfunctions be able to learn from their movement mistakes.  Personally, I have never exactly understood how people with neurological deficits really learn efficient movement patterns when we as professionals focus on protecting them from falls or adverse events.

The ZeroG dynamic body weight support system looks cool!  I remember years ago telling a patient who had a stroke that if I could string her up from the ceiling, we could have a lot of fun, a few laughs and she could really learn how to improve her balance.  What is fabulous about this session is the fact that research is being conducted on the benefit of this particular weight support system for people who have had an acute stroke.

If you are interested in finding out more about this available technology (and I'd assume some pre-published research results), Diane Nichols has a session on Thursday, February 18, from 2:30-4:30 pm.

photo snagged from CABRR site (I assume they won't mind?)

~Selena