In the December edition of PM&R DR. Zimbelman and her team from Cleveland Medical Centre USA look at Physical Therapy Workforce in the United States: Forecasting Nationwide Shortages http://bit.ly/hTf5ax . The group reports that On the basis of current trends, demand for PT services will outpace the supply of PTs within the United States.
In regards to neuromuscular rehabilitation, industry has to further develop intense and engaging upper-extremity rehabilitation tools that motivate the patient to intensively practice therapy tasks with less dependence of the therapist. The increased use cost-effective systems that can be used by the patient alone or with caregiver support will reduce the demand on PT’s, the healthcare system and healthcare budget.
The HandTutor system is used by patients in the home care environment with quantitative exercise performance data being stored so that it can be reviewed by the therapist. In addition the therapist can take part in the patients treatment from a remote location by using readily available web based tools.
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