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Cooroy hospital robotic rehab program uses virtual-reality technology to help stroke patients
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.
Key points:
- 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
- The robotics rehab program is seeing positive results in stroke patients whose recovery progress had plateaued
Doctors and patients say the comprehensive “robotics rehab” program is having positive results in patients who have not progressed with traditional therapy in years.
Maroochydore’s Gerard Fitzgerald is one of them. The…
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