Name: The future of physical therapy being built at UW-Milwaukee
Brand: tmj4.com
SKU: tmj4-com-44
Availability: OnlineOnly

critic

The future of physical therapy being built at UW-Milwaukee

preview

The future of physical therapy is being developed right here in Milwaukee. A group of engineers at UW-Milwaukee are on the forefront of re-imagining doctor-patient relationships and how people rehab their injuries.6:13 PM, Nov 09, 2020MILWAUKEE&nbsp;—&nbsp;The future of physical therapy is being developed right here in Milwaukee. A group of engineers at UW-Milwaukee are at the forefront of re-imagining doctor-patient relationships and how people rehab their injuries.Dr. Habib Rahman and his team of Ph.D. students have been working on an autonomous exoskeleton robotic arm that allows the elderly, stroke victims, and those with traumatic injuries to do physical therapy without the physical therapist... in the most basic terms."The result is to make it more portable so people can have it at their home rather than using it at the hospital," Dr. Rahman, an associate professor of biomedical and mechanical engineering at UWM said.This the future of physical therapy is here ⤵️⤵️⤵️ — James Groh (@JamesGroh_)This is how the exoskeleton works. After strapping into the Smart Robotic Exoskeleton (SREx), you select the arm exercise that you want to work on. The robotic arm will then begin to assist you with the movement. Either it will do the majority of the work for you or it will merely assist you or just provide simple resistance. It's three different types of rehabilitation that are necessary for the therapeutic process. The arm can even sense how you are feeling and adjust the amount of work it is outputting."When you wire this device this will augment upper limb function, so the people with limited strength that can help them to compensate the gravity to grab the objects," Rahman said.Having this at home serves multiple purposes. For those who are dependent on getting rides to the doctor's office, this eliminates that need because you do this at home. It also infinitely increases the amount you can exercise your arm. No longer are you beholden to the maximum number of physical therapy sessions as allotted by your insurance policy. "That will help the patients to regain the lost upper limb function faster," Rahman said.It's no secret that this kind of rehab can be frustrating since results are hard to determine and notice. While using the SREx, you get real-time results of how you are doing. It shows movements, rotations, and distances, your upper limbs traveled.In a medical profession that heavily relies on anecdotal evidence from the patient to determine progress, this gives quantitative data to show improvements."We just want to help people. That’s our goal," Mohammad Rasedul Islam, a Ph.D. student said.While this does help eliminate some trips to the physical therapist, Rahman's team said it doesn't replace a specialist."We see this exoskeleton robot not as a replacement of physical therapies or occupational therapies but as a tool they can use. It's more of an intelligent robotic assistant that can serve more people in the shortest time," Tanvir Ahmed, a Ph.D engineering student, said.This just helps with the exercises and not the diagnosis or how to move forward.There is still some tinkering that's needed before this commercially available. They also want to change some of the materials used. For those reasons and a few more, they hope to have the SREx commercially available in four years.This isn't all Rahman is working on either. He recently got a nearly $1.5 million grant to work on a robotic arm that would attach to a wheelchair. It would be capable of grabbing objects, opening doors, and giving back a level of independence to people who are wheelchair-bound. //Copyright 2020 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

The future of physical therapy is being developed right here in Milwaukee. A group of engineers at UW-Milwaukee are on the forefront of re-imagining doctor-patient relationships and how people rehab their injuries.6:13 PM, Nov 09, 2020MILWAUKEE&nbsp;—&nbsp;The future of physical therapy is being developed right here in Milwaukee. A group of engineers at UW-Milwaukee are at the forefront of re-imagining doctor-patient relationships and how people rehab their injuries.Dr. Habib Rahman and his team of Ph.D. students have been working on an autonomous exoskeleton robotic arm that allows the...

public

Reporter for @TMJ4 | Fire with the aux cord | Taco Connoisseur | Chico State/Syracuse

James Groh

Breaking News, Accurate Weather. Call the news tipline 414-963-4444.

tmj4.com

Credible

Speculation

Anecdotal Evidence

Generalization

Stacking the Deck

Appeal to Authority

Straw Man

Slippery Slope

Emotional Appeal

Red Herring

False Dilemma

Illogical

Moral Equivalency

Ad Hominem

Correlation w/o Causation

Semantics

Begging the Question

Faulty Analogy

Non Sequitur

Bandwagon

Dogmatism

Failing Occam's Razor

Biased

Pure Opinion

Hit Piece

Racial Bias

National Bias

Religious Bias

Financial Incentive

Political Agenda

Gender Bias

Misused Image/Video

Study Misinterpreted

Mistake

Misused Term

Science Misrepresented

Factual Error

Satire

Surface Level

Lack of Reliable Sources

Sensational

Not Credible

Investigative

Balanced

Well Sourced

Great Context

sports

entertainment

U.S.

international

business

technology

science

culture

politics

media

health

The future of physical therapy being built at UW-Milwaukee

No article scores yet.

CRITIC REVIEWS

PUBLIC REVIEWS