Background: Exercise therapy is strongly recommended as a treatment for chronic non-specific low back pain (CNSLBP). However, therapist guidance exercise therapy requires significant medical resources. Ordinary digital telerehabilitation affects efficacy due to a lack…
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What You Should Know:
– Medbridge, a leader in digital care solutions for healthcare professionals announced a significant enhancement to its digital musculoskeletal (MSK) and movement-based medicine platform, Pathways.
– The company has launched new AI-powered…
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Virtual walking has the potential to be an adjunct to traditional physical therapy. This scoping review aims to synthesize evidence on the characteristics, effectiveness, feasibility, and neurological mechanism of virtual walking interventions on health-related…
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Medway and Swale NHS Women’s Health Hub has launched a free digital platform to support new mothers with their postnatal recovery.
Almost a third of mothers experience long-term postpartum conditions which impact their well-being and…
In November 2021, California-based virtual reality therapeutic company AppliedVR became the first medical extended reality (XR) company to be granted FDA De Novo clearance for a virtual reality healthcare product. AppliedVR’s RelieVRx (formerly EaseVRx) is…
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Welcome to the September edition of Digital Health Digest! This month, we cover groundbreaking developments, from Particle Health’s legal battle against Epic to hologram doctor visits at West Cancer Center and Neuralink’s latest FDA…
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Highmark, an insurer in Pennsylvania, will now cover AppliedVR’s RelieVRx, a device for chronic low back pain, the companies announced Monday. This makes Highmark the first commercial insurer to cover the device.
RelieVRx is an…
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What You Should Know:
– Highmark, a commercial health insurance plan, has announced coverage for RelieVRx, a virtual reality-based therapy for chronic low back pain.
– This landmark decision makes RelieVRx accessible to over four million…
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Background: Physical therapy has demonstrated efficacy in managing non-specific low back pain (NLBP) among patients. Nevertheless, the prevalence of NLBP poses a challenge, as the existing medical infrastructure may be insufficient to care for…
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Chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) pain is a global problem, affecting approximately 1.7 billion people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Lower back pain, an MSK condition, is the leading cause of disability in…
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