By: Froza Mercado Audience: Rehab Department Coordinator

 Improve muscle control  Improve core strength & stability  Improve motor skills  Improve coordination  Improve hand function

“Therapy you wear”  A garment system that provides neuromotor, muscular, and sensory training  Helps to control muscles  Promotes joint alignment  Wearable under casual clothes  Helps with patients with various neuromotor dysfunctions, deformities, and movement disorders (i.e. cerebral palsy)

Cost: $ Found at: heratogs.html Also available in children & adult sizes

 Improves hand function  Custom-made for the patient by the therapist  2 Types of Splints: 1. Static Splint - Protect weakened muscles from overstretching - Provide support for the hand - Prevent or correct a deformity 2. Dynamic Splint - Allows more mobility - Correct or prevent a deformity, especially patients with excess muscle tone -Provide stability and support - Assist in regaining functional hand use

Cost: Starting at $50.00 (depends on price of customized splint) Order forms at: Custom made. Therapist must customize and order product.

 Promotes core stability strengthening  Promotes ability to weight bear on hands and feet  Promotes ability to cross mid-line while sitting  Promotes coordination  Promotes the use of “Righting Reflex”

Size: Large Cost: $ Found at: large.htmlhttp://funandfunction.com/tai-chi-balance-board- large.html

 Provides sensory integration therapy  Promotes motor planning and gross motor skills development  Promotes core stability strengthening  Promotes use of “Righting Reflex”  Weight bearing on hands  Useful for babies as well as older children  Can be used as a sensory ball pit

Cost: $ Found at: litetm-platform-swing.html

 Promotes hand-over-hand movement  Promotes hand-eye-coordination  Promotes upper body work  Promotes ability to cross mid-line  Enhances motor skills  Promotes Imagination

Cost: $ Found at: k-me.html

 HandTutor software provides rehabilitation at a patient customized level with real time accurate feedback on the patient’s performance.  Provides exercises in the form of challenging games  Exercises are monitored and improvements are reported  The system provides detailed exercise instructions and precise feedback  Ensures better performance of functional tasks  Ideal for patients suffering from: Stroke, Cerebral Palsy, Head Injuries, etc.

Cost: $1,800 Found at: BalanceTutor, ArmTutor,LegTutor, & Tele-Rehabilitation are also available throught MediTouch

TheraTongs (15 patients): $2,730 + Benik Hand Splints (30 patients): $1,500 + Tai-Chi Balance Board (1): $149 + Air-Lite Raft Platform Swing (1): $ Brick Me Set: Building Blocks (1): $ HandTutor (1): $1,800 ___________________________________ ~ $6,728.98

The equipment and software presented are all helpful tools to improve muscle control, core strength and stability, motor skills, coordination, and hand function. The equipment can be implement in the rehab gym and at home. Parents can also provide a stimulating learning environment for their children on an everyday basis. These tools could greatly enhance the lives of many children and provide them with the ability to play and perform everyday functions.

Better equipment and cutting edge technology, because our children deserve the best.