Sunday, 13 February 2011

Wii games among therapy options for brain injury patients Jan 2011

by Leigh Frillici / 11 News

HOUSTON—While doctors have not released the details of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ treatment plan at TIRR, experts say there are many standard therapies that traumatic brain injury patients undergo.

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Loc Huynh, 23, is one of those patients.
On Tuesday, he was strapped into a harness at TIRR while his feet moved forward, one painfully slow step at a time.
Huynh was surrounded by therapists who made sure the equipment rolled forward with him and that his hips and feet were moving in the right direction, too.
The equipment is commonly used by brain-injury patients. It helps them move from sitting to standing to even walking.
But that progression is full of challenges.

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