“We can put a patient with a moderate-severe stroke back on his feet within a week,” said Sergei Shvarkov, the director of the Neurology and Rehabilitation Medical Center of the Federal Biomedical Agency of the Russian Ministry of Health. “The suit also assists hopeless patients. After a course of treatment 82 percent patients with a stroke showed some improvement.”
Not only physical activity, but also speech can be restored with patients after injuries and strokes.
“As a rule, the motor center is in the active cerebrum, and so is the brain region involved in speech,” said Victor Shklovsky, the director of the Center of Speech Pathology and Rehabilitation. “That is why speech functions are restored more quickly with active physical exercises.”
The suit also displayed promising results in treating for motor abnormalities during ICP.
“Igor took a course of treatment with us. He is a 15-year-old teenager with ICP. He is confined to a wheelchair. A week after he began to use the suit, he was able to walk unaided,” Professor Shvarkov claimed. “The new method was acknowledged not in Russia alone, but abroad as well.”
One of the advantages with the suit is that it turns a passive observer into an active participant of his own treatment. Patients feel more confident about their abilities and more likely to convalesce. Another benefit is accessibility. Unlike expensive imported rehabilitation stands, this suit is available even for regional hospitals.
Story source: http://english.pravda.ru/science/tech/27-03-2008/104686-extraterrestrial_medicine-0. Story published with permission.
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