Stroke affects 800,000 Americans annually, the majority of whom go on to live with long-term disability and limited community participation. In a recent issue of Physical Therapy Products magazine, Kelley Limbauan, PT, DPT, details how Good Shepherd’s use of technology optimizes outpatient stroke rehab, giving patients a second chance at life.
From analyzing how a person is standing and walking to gauging balance and vision problems, technology plays a key role in assessing and developing care plans based on a stroke patient’s individual needs.