Regain function with Nura FES: a (currently in prototype & patent pending) wearable FES sleeve. Very long-term friend and supporter of ARNI, Professor Cherry Kilbride , and her colleagues, have developed an advanced prototype integrating electromyography smart sensors, functional electrical stimulation, and virtual reality technologies in a closed-loop system that is capable of supporting personalised recovery journeys.
The outcome; Nura, is a more engaging and accessible rehabilitation experience, designed and evaluated through the participation of stroke survivors. It features a comfortable sleeve with embedded fabric electrodes and a detachable "puck" that delivers FES to the arm muscles to aid in rehabilitation. The device is controlled by a companion tablet app that provides gamified exercises to motivate users and features simple, one-touch controls for FES intensity adjustment.
Key Features:
Wearable Sleeve: A comfortable sleeve with fabric electrodes that are integrated directly into the fabric, avoiding skin irritation.
"Puck" Controller: A detachable electronic component that houses the technology, including the microcontroller, which delivers the FES to the arm.
Gamified Rehabilitation: The device works with a tablet or Virtual Reality (VR) application, offering gamified exercises to enhance user engagement and motivation during rehabilitation.
Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES): Nura uses FES to stimulate arm muscles for wrist extension, ulnar, and radial deviation, helping to prevent muscle wastage.
User-Friendly Controls: The system allows for one-touch adjustment of FES intensity through the companion app, making it intuitive to use.
Biomedical Integration: The technology incorporates electromyography (EMG) sensors, which measure electrical activity in the muscles, and is designed to be integrated with existing rehabilitation and healthcare systems.
Targeted Audience: The Nura FES device is developed with stroke survivors in mind, especially those with cognitive impairments, providing a user-friendly and engaging way to regain strength and function.
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Dr Tom from ARNI demonstrates incredible hand and wrist power showing a strongman heavy hammer leverage stunt in his home gym. He has a homemade shot-loadable steel tube weighing 26lb fixed to an axe-handle.
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According to a recent analysis from the @OfficeForNationalStatistics, the average stroke survivor loses £18,785 in earnings over a five year period, from the moment of their diagnosis. This is more than:
▪️Cancer
▪️Heart failure
▪️Heart attack
▪️Chronic kidney disease
▪️Diabetes
▪️Respiratory conditions
▪️Musculoskeletal conditions
From these conditions, stroke survivors were also least able to stay in permanent employment, four years after their diagnosis. This is clear evidence that more needs to be done to provide financial security for stroke survivors and their families, and yet the current Government insists on making it more difficult for people living with disabilities and long-term health conditions to access benefits like Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
We already know how difficult stroke survivors find the process of applying for PIP, and how many people are unsuccessful. If the Government continues with its current plan to introduce stricter measures and barriers to PIP and financial support, more and more stroke survivors are going to be left with less and less.
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Healthy neurons in our brain have the ability to rewire. This incredible ability means that brains can be retrained after strokes to potentially restore impaired functions. Behaviors and experiences play a key role in the process.
ARNI techniques provide you with the right activities for your brain to rewire itself. To find out if there's a trainer near you who can help you call us on 0203 053 0111 or email support@arni.uk.com
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The largest study of a spatial inattention therapy to take place anywhere in the world is underway at the University of East Anglia and taking place at eight major stroke centres across England.
There are 1.3 million stroke survivors in the UK, with an estimated 390,000 of those suffering from spatial inattention. The condition can be highly persistent, with 40% of stroke survivors continuing to experience symptoms a year post-stroke.
Currently there is no effective treatment for spatial inattention. This new trial is helping to fill the gap in the urgent search for successful treatments.
A stroke is caused by blood supply being cut off to part of the brain, killing brain cells. This can affect the brain’s ability to interpret information. In some cases, this can make the stroke survivor lose attention to things on one side of their body. This means that even if they have good eyesight, their brain does not process the information it’s getting from the impaired side, resulting in a disabling cognitive condition called ‘spatial inattention’ or ‘spatial neglect’.
SIGHT (Spatial Inattention Grasping Therapy) requires those suffering from spatial neglect to grasp and balance rods with their less affected hand. Because of the condition, the rods tilt during the first attempts, but feeling and seeing the rod tilt improves performance, which in turn increases attention to the impaired side.
The study will also explore why some people benefit more from therapy than others. To help identify who might benefit most, the trial will measure grasping, vision, cognition, stroke severity and brain structure and function.
There is currently no effective treatment for spatial inattention and people affected by it often have poor recovery and long-term disability. However this new therapy, SIGHT, has already shown some early promise in improving the condition. This low-cost, portable therapy, if found to be effective at improving inattention, could benefit millions of people around the world.
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Calling stroke survivors! Researchers are recruiting now for a large-scale clinical trial with the acronym TRICEPS, run in 19 centres around the country: Sunderland, Leeds, Bradford, Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, Doncaster, Leicester, Birmingham, Norwich, London, South Petherton, Sherbourne, Bournemouth, Bodmin & Cardiff.
The trial is looking at how a specialised device can help strengthen hand and arm function, using a small earpiece to stimulate the vagus nerve. Called transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (TVNS), it forms part of rehabilitation therapy, and involves sending mild electrical pulses to the brain. Patients will be asked to wear it while they move their weak arm. The stimulation is automatically activated as the arm is moved during therapy and the connected earpiece gently tickles the ear. This can be done at home and does not involve invasive surgery.
You may be eligible if;
✅- You STILL HAVE arm weakness as a result of a stroke that happened between 6 months and 10 years ago
✅- You DO HAVE SOME movement of your arm, wrist, and fingers
✅- The TYPE OF STROKE that you had was ISCHAEMIC
✅- You ARE AGED 18 years and over
✅- You ARE WILLING to wear a TVNS device (earpiece, wrist sensor and stimulator), whilst you do some home based self-delivered therapy for 1-hour, 5 times a week. This will be over a 12-week period.
- You ARE WILLING to attend at least 3 appointments during the 6 months of taking part in the trial.
If selected, you will wear the TVNS device when completing the self-delivered rehabilitation therapy for 1 hour per day, 5 days per week for 12 weeks. The rehabilitation therapy plan will be tailored to you. It will be completed at home, and includes repetitive tasks such as turning cards, moving objects, opening, and closing bottles. Some patients will also be asked to wear the TVNS device whilst undertaking their daily activities, such as cooking.
Involving yourself in this study may be of benefit to some survivors who may not be receiving any other therapy for their arm weakness. youtu.be/EA_XrKvM8KQ
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Regaining movement after stroke is all about finding the right rehabilitation method that works for you.
Always remember to choose something that’s motivating but not frustrating and you’ll be on the road to recovery.
Call ARNI today to see if we have an ARNI instructor near you who can work with you on your recovery. Tel. 0203 053 0111 or email support@arni.uk.com
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Muhammad Ali, the world champion boxer, said "I hated every minute of training, but I said, don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life a champion"
Wise words!
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A new “orange” ambulance category will be introduced in Wales this winter to improve emergency care for stroke patients currently grouped within broader amber calls. Under the new system, specialist nurses and paramedics will screen 999 calls to identify patients with stroke or STEMI heart attacks—where blood flow to the heart is completely blocked—who need a faster response and specialist care before arriving at hospital.
The aim is to better direct time-critical cases to specialist pre-hospital treatment. Stroke patients are currently within the amber category, which covers about 70 per cent of all 999 calls in Wales. The new orange category will not have a specific response time target, but average and longest response times will be recorded, along with the type and quality of care provided before hospital arrival.
Alongside orange, two additional categories will replace the current amber group: yellow, for cases requiring further clinical assessment to determine the best response, and green, for issues such as blocked catheters that may need community care or planned transport. The changes follow updates earlier this month to how the most urgent 999 calls are categorised. A purple category was introduced for patients in cardiac or respiratory arrest, and a red emergency category for cases such as major trauma. These categories carry a target average response time of six to eight minutes. A “video triage” pilot scheme is also underway in five areas, allowing paramedics to consult hospital stroke specialists in real time before the patient arrives.
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The UCL World Stroke Day Forum is back! 
To help you with this and many other features of tackling limitations from stroke, you are invited to take part in a week-long programme of online sessions. 
Each survivor has their own particular presentation and we’re going to see what we can do so that everyone receives helpful tips for progression
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hi Tom, i hope you are well, and i would very much like to join you for this session and any others with similar contact, i am a firm believer in the arni system, and throughly enjoy and nave benefited from my sessions with you at lingfield, and also with my arni instructor Megan on her visits to my home, kind regards
Malcolm hill