Wearable Robotic Neck Brace Could Help Guide Recovery After Cancer Treatment
Reviewed by Laura ThomsonJul 20 2021
A new robotic neck brace from researchers at Columbia Engineering and their colleagues at Columbia s Department of Otolaryngology may help doctors analyze the impact of cancer treatments on the neck mobility of patients and guide their recovery.
Head and neck cancer was the seventh most common cancer worldwide in 2018, with 890,000 new cases and 450,000 deaths, accounting for 3% of all cancers and more than 1.5% of all cancer deaths in the United States. Such cancer can spread to lymph nodes in the neck, as well as other organs in the body. Surgically removing lymph nodes in the neck can help doctors investigate the risk of spread, but may result in pain and stiffness in the shoulders and neck for years afterward.
New Sensing Neck Brace may Help Analyze Neck Mobility After Cancer Treatment
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Robotic neck brace can help analyze cancer treatment impacts
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