Technology Meets Recovery to Get You Moving Again! with David Wu, CEO of Motus Nova

24/05/2021 56 min Episodio 31
Technology Meets Recovery to Get You Moving Again! with David Wu, CEO of Motus Nova

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Looking for new ways to regain movement after stroke or brain injury? Does your recovery feel stalled? Are you tired of the limited amount of time and number of rehab session insurance will cover? Do you feel like the healthcare system just isn’t giving you enough to regain movement? Look no further, Motus Nova may be a solution for you! In this episode, we interview David Wu, CEO of Motus Nova. This company is responsible for providing a robotic hand or foot that uses fun video games to create neural pathways that will get you moving again! When conventional rehabilitation is too slow, Motus is the answer for stroke recovery: a home based program revolutionizing stroke rehabilitation whether you are ten days or ten years after brain injury.Covered in this episode:What is Motus NovaA robotic exoskeleton that helps people move againA sleeve or a boot that you wear around your hand or footIt is capable of moving on its on providing resistance or assistanceRecreastes the in-clinic rehab experienceMission is to increase access to rehab for stroke or brain injury survivorsThey work on the concept of neuroplasticityThey have found that people don’t get enough rehab.  This allows a higher dosage of rehabHow can you access it?In-clinic initially but they realized this didn’t increase accessInsurance only allows for a limited number of visits per weekScience says the brain needs 100s-1000s of hours of therapy to make neuroplastic changesThey re-engineered the Motus Hand and Motus Foot to go directly into the home.  Each user has a personal device they can use at their convenience in their home. Go to MotusNova.com to learn more on how you can access it!Some users are treating rehab as their full time job doing 6-7 hours of therapy a day which allows them to achieve tremendous resultsFor the proactive survivor tackling recovery this is an amazing solution!Motivation aspect of recoveryThey make rehab more fun and more engaging so people want to use itThe exercises and movements of therapy are hidden in video gamesI.e. you are controlling a spaceship and have to dodge objects being launched at you.  The game requires you to do certain movements needed for your recovery in a fun wayGames resemble Pong, Galaga, Space Invaders, fishing, cards--they have many games that make recovery fun and less monotonousThe goal is to make this enjoyable so that it is something you look forward to and want to do at any time.  There is a social element too--high scores, group sessions, competitionThis type of therapy takes away the need to schedule appointments, hit insurance stipulations, find transportation, etc..Learning from clinical trials  impacted how they provide their servicesMotus Nova with the VA--VA was having difficulty getting rehab to rural brain injury survivors.  Motus Nova brought devices to the survivor and would check up with them on a weekly basis.  What they found beyond physical recovery was this addressed the social isolation aspect of rehab.Survivors were calling not to troubleshoot the technology but to talk and share their experiencesThis learning inspired Motus Nova to start weekly sessions for users to join

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