The robotic gym was inaugurated in Montecatone
This afternoon, the robotics of the Institute were inaugurated, 120 square meters that will allow to further increase the intensity of the treatments, gymnasium scenarios that are increasingly motivating and motivating for the patient, to create personalized protocols and, finally, to objectively measure the responses by improving the result of each rehabilitation process. An important project and an equally significant investment, equal to about 250 thousand euros, which is added to that of 2 million euros, also supported by Montecatone RI, for the technological adaptation of radiology – equipped with a 3 Tesla Magnetic Resonance and a 64-layer CT scan.
«Rehabilitation supported by the use of robotic systems – it was said – has numerous advantages, such as allowing more intensive, specific and appropriate performance. It is associated with that of the high flexibility of application: the solutions can be easily integrated into situations of everyday life, making the treatment motivating and varied, also opening the way to the creation of new rehabilitation exercises, not achievable with traditional methods “.
In fact, robotic devices allow impossible movements without their support such as, for example, exoskeletons that allow people, who otherwise could not, to walk. Thanks to the visual, auditory and kinesthetic feedback exchanged with the patient during the exercises, robotic rehabilitation also affects the psychological level and increases the patient’s compliance with rehabilitation therapy.
Antonio Dongellini, President of CIMS, the company that carried out a large part of the construction work with its own workers, spoke of “an important milestone because it represents the completion of a project in which the company has put its multi-sectoriality and its his skills in the hospital sector, both in the construction and plant engineering fields ».
Further commitment, in the near future, will be directed in three directions: first of all to the functional recovery of the upper limb – one of the major challenges in the rehabilitation field since it is closely related to the level of autonomy and quality of life – a path for which the robotic therapy has been suggested not only as a tool to provide patients with repetition enhancement, but adds the virtual reality aspect that simulates real-life activity, provides and encourages feedback, and could motivate patients to endure more intensives; a second focus will be on trunk control.
One of the first rehabilitation goals, in fact, is the achievement of the seated position in a wheelchair. To do this, it is necessary to improve the control of the trunk which is also preparatory to any other activity aimed at developing autonomy. The use of robotics allows to work in an integrated and objective way, supporting the physiotherapist in achieving the objectives of core stability, fundamental for the person with brain injury and motor myelic both complete and incomplete.
Finally, the third objective will be the constant implementation of the equipment for gait training both from the diagnostic point of view (dynamic EMG, Gait Analysis with inertial sensors and with a system of cameras and platforms for the structure of the kinetic forces) and rehabilitation by staying updated on the panorama of exoskeletons and their software evolutions.
These are the equipment supplied to the robotic gym.
HUNOVA: programmable robotic medical device consisting of two electromechanical platforms with two degrees of freedom, at the level of the feet and at the level of the seat. Used to work on the balance and on the strengthening of the trunk while sitting, for the proprioceptive in bipedal and monopodalic upright position; passive, active mobilization and reinforcement of the ankle.
DIEGO: multidimensional robotic system for the monolateral or bilateral rehabilitation of the superior art; allow you to work with relieving the weight of the arms, leaving the therapist the choice between performing rehabilitation tasks using real objects or interacting with virtual reality games.
PABLO: device for the evaluation and rehabilitation of the grip and extension force of the hand and of the multiple articular ranges of the upper limb. Through the choice of customizable rehabilitation exercises, it is possible to try your hand at engaging interactive and cognitive therapies; it also has special accessories and new wireless sensors that can be applied to any part of the body (at the level of the ankle joint, for example, allowing gait reports) and that communicate with the software via bluetooth.
TYMO: an easily accessible static / dynamic wireless platform for the evaluation and rehabilitation of postural control. It can be used in an upright position, resting on the table or in a sitting position: thanks to various interactive and cognitive therapies, it possesses the requisites for recovery and improvement of balance and postural control. By adding an element in its lower part, it becomes an unstable platform, which allows you to evaluate and treat balance problems.
ANALYSIS OF THE MOVEMENT: movement analysis laboratory it is possible to perform one of the locomotor scheme, both to perform one of the upper limb and the lower limb, and investigate more accurately the alterations of movement and establish, in the presence of spasticity, the treatment more indicator (focal or surgical).
EKSO: battery-powered, wearable bionic device that allows patients with complete or partial motor deficit in the lower limbs to stand up and walk on flat surfaces with the support of a walker or two crutches. This device has only a rehabilitative purpose and not a vicariant of function.
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Montecatone Institute