Online Therapy = Very Cool

Posted on April 6, 2007 by David Austin

While scanning through some news stories on Cerebral Palsy, I came across this brief article from UPI.  It is trying to bring treatment into the home.  This is a great use of the internet.

Cerebral palsy therapy hits the Internet

ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 5 (UPI) -- A University of Michigan program is providing movement-based therapy for adults with cerebral palsy via the Internet.

The program, called ULTrA, requires a home computer and Internet connection, and uses streaming video to connect patients. It allows adult cerebral palsy patients to connect to "virtual trainers" and real-life experts at the Motor Control Lab to complete movement-based therapy programs. The program also collects data to determine how well the in-home therapy is working.

"We're targeting a growing yet neglected segment of the population ... to essentially bring our lab and experts into the patients' homes to engage them in a movement-based training program," Susan Brown, director of the Motor Control Lab at the university, said in a statement.

Link to the Article:

http://www.upi.com/ConsumerHealthDaily/view.php?StoryID=20070405-115907-8379r

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Jean - July 3, 2007 5:35 PM

This is great. Is there anyway I can take part in this.

Thanks

David Austin - July 11, 2007 6:42 PM

As a followup to the above comment. Here is a link to a press release linking back to movement based therapy.

http://www.umich.edu/~urecord/0607/Apr16_07/11.shtml

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