PathMaker, French Medical Institute to Team Up to Test Device to Manage Palsy

PathMaker Neurosystems will team up with the Brain and Spine Institute in Paris on clinical trials of a device to help those with neuromotor spasticity, including cerebral palsy (CP) patients, manage their shaking and other symptoms. PathMaker’s goal is to obtain European Union approval of the company’s MyoRegulator, the first neuromodulation device designed…

MYOLYN Submits FDA Application for Muscle-stimulating MyoCycle Bikes

The medical device company MYOLYN has submitted a 510(k) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its functional electrical stimulation (FES) stationary bikes — MyoCycle Home and the MyoCycle Pro — to stimulate muscles during exercise. The bikes can be used by people experiencing muscle weakness or who have lower body paralysis…

Report Touts Sensorimotor Benefits of Music Training, Calls for More Studies

Learning to play a musical instrument could improve cerebral palsy (CP) patients’ hand movement and strengthen their sensorimotor skills, researchers said in the journal Neural Plasticity. Conventional CP rehabilitation does not engages the entire brain like playing an instrument, but few studies have explored the idea, researchers from Technical…

Anyone with a Disability Should Relate to Finding Dory

Movies are usually liked because they are relatable. Seeing many movies that portray a character with cerebral palsy isn’t very common. There are some, but the character is either sick, dying or wants to die. Either way, they’re unrealistic. However, I felt very positive about the movie…