Cooroy hospital robotic rehab program uses virtual-reality technology to help stroke patients
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Eden Private Hospital is using a robotics rehabilitation program to improve the function of patients with neurological conditions.
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A small hospital in the Sunshine Coast hinterland is leading a new era in rehabilitation in south-west Queensland by using a suite of gaming and virtual-reality machines to treat patients.
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Eden Private Hospital uses four high-tech robotic machines to treat patients with neurological conditions
Dr Phoebe Slape says the technology gives patients a greater volume of therapy over a shorter period of time
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A HI-TECH rehabilitation centre is drawing people from as far as Rockhampton to the Sunshine Coast.
Eden Private Hospital’s robotics technology, which recently arrived from Austria, helps adult and adolescent rehabilitation patients improve functional deficits associated with stroke and other neurological conditions such as multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s, and more.
The hospital claims it is the only centre in south-east Queensland to offer such an extensive robotics rehabilitation program.
Bundaberg’s Jennifer Blackburn was among the first to trial the new technology, which she said doubled the strength in her hand following nerve damage.