has just joined the Isleworth centre, and she also lives just down the road. We have a feeling that she is going to do really well if she does the training outside as well. Go Katie!
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There are so many ways you can use a ball for stroke rehab. You can hold it, squeeze it, roll it, throw and catch it, guide it. Fantastic tool for improving dynamic balance and coordination.
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Hi all! Please help Tim to raise funds for ARNI Charity!! Please click 'donate now' by pressing Tim's picture - he is trying to raise £1000 and has made it to £800 with the help of lots of kind people - so let's get him over the line TODAY - thank you so, so much! Tom..
Btw Tim is 'Original ARNI'- in the sense that I've known him since the earliest days - in 2001/2002 - and we've been pals ever since. Despite significant limitations of his own he's never stopped helping the cause of assisting other survivors to do better! Tom
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Tim for ARNI Institute with TRTrehab team
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Help TRTrehab Team raise money to support ARNI (ACTION FOR REHABILITATION AFTER NEUROLOGICAL INJURY)Please donate a little today - and let us know you have - thank you so so much! Tom
At the UKSF ARNI stand on 5th December - meeting up with our pal Hatem Lazem from Exeter University and his colleague. Hatem is currently researching re the efficacy of using telerehab to assist with (more) elderly stroke survivors experts.exeter.ac.uk/40134-hatem-lazem
In the news today..........
Comedian Duncan Norvelle. In 2015, he chose the Embassy Theatre in Skegness to host his first performance after taking three years away from the stage to recover from his stroke.
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Beloved comic dies just 12 years after suffering stroke which paralysed him
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Popular 80s comic Duncan Norvelle has died at the age of 66 just 12 years after he suffered a stroke which left half of his body paralysed.Don't bother opening it Full of right wing shit
HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL ACTION FOR REHABILITATION FROM NEUROLOGICAL INJURY SURVIVORS, SENIOR INSTRUCTORS, INSTRUCTORS AND STUDENTS!!! FROM ALL ARNI ADMIN - TOM, KATE, JANE, ROB AN THE DEV CREW, PAM ETC ;) ;) ;0
Hi Roz! How are you and awesome family?? I'll check this out right now - and also in my file of those professionals just Accredited and also those on course now.. Tom ;)
Happy Xmas all … and thank you ARNI for all your support across the year xx
BTW any ARNI instructors anywhere accessible to DT3 4 EZ .. near Dorchester/ Weymouth ?
merry christmas
Merry Christmas to you all xxx
Merry Christmas xxxx
A message for every stroke survivor.
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As stroke survivors, we often rely on on our stronger arm to complete daily tasks, from carrying groceries to combing our hair, even when we know via all the things we read that our weaker arm has the potential to improve, certainly in terms of better action control, leading to better self-management. Breaking this habit, known as "arm non-use" or "learned non-use," can go a long way to improving function, strength and preventing injury.
But, determining how much a survivor is using their weaker arm outside of the clinic is challenging. In a classic case of observer's paradox, the measurement has to be covert for the patient to behave spontaneously.
USC researchers have developed a novel robotic system for collecting precise data on how people recovering from stroke use their arms spontaneously. Results of testing are published in Science Robotics, 2023; 8 (84): 'A metric for characterising the arm non-use workspace in post-stroke individuals using a robot arm'.
Using a robotic arm to track 3D spatial information, and machine learning techniques to process the data, the method generates an "arm non-use" metric, which could help clinicians accurately assess a patient's rehabilitation progress. A socially assistive robot (SAR) provides instructions and encouragement throughout the challenge.
"This work brings together quantitative user-performance data collected using a robot arm, while also motivating the user to provide a representative performance thanks to a socially assistive robot," said Maja Matari, study co-author and Chan Soon-Shiong Chair and Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Neuroscience, and Pediatrics.
For the study, the research team recruited 14 participants who were right-hand dominant before the stroke. The participant placed their hands on the device's home position -- a 3D-printed box with touch sensors.
A socially assistive robot (SAR) described the system's mechanics and provided positive feedback, while the robot arm moved a button to different target locations in front of the participant (100 locations in total). The "reaching trial" begins when the button lights up, and the SAR cues the participant to move.
Shown is the pic is an example reaching trial with the BARTR apparatus.
In the first phase, the participants were directed to reach for the button using whichever hand came naturally, mirroring everyday use. In the second phase, they were instructed to use the stroke-affected arm only, mirroring performance in physiotherapy or other clinical settings.
Using machine learning, the team analysed three measurements to determine a metric for arm non-use: arm use probability, time to reach, and successful reach. A noticeable difference in performance between the phases would suggest nonuse of the affected arm.
"The participants have a time limit to reach the button, so even though they know they're being tested, they still have to react quickly. This way, we're measuring gut reaction to the light turning on -- which hand will you use on the spot?"
In chronic stroke survivors, the researchers observed high variability in hand choice and in the time to reach targets in the workspace. The method was reliable across repeated sessions, and participants rated it as simple to use, with above-average user experience scores. All participants found the interaction to be safe and easy to use.
Crucially, the researchers found differences in arm use between participants, which could be used by healthcare professionals to more accurately track a patient's stroke recovery.
"For example, one participant whose right side was more affected by their stroke exhibited lower use of their right arm specifically in areas higher on their right side, but maintained a high probability of using their right arm for lower areas on the same side," said Dennler, the lead researcher.
"Another participant exhibited more symmetric use but also compensated with their less-affected side slightly more often for higher-up points that were close to the mid-line."
Participants felt that the system could be improved through personalization, which the team hopes to explore in future studies, in addition to incorporating other behavioural data such as facial expressions and different types of tasks.
This technology addresses many issues encountered with traditional methods of assessment, which "require the patient not to know they're being tested, and are based on the tester's observation which can leave more room for error."
It could provide rich, objective information about a stroke survivor's arm use to their rehabilitation therapist. The therapist could then integrate this information into their clinical decision-making process and better tailor their interventions to address the patient's areas of weakness and build upon areas of strength.
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Dr Tom’s Combo Bar was is different. It was designed and patented by Dr Tom Balchin, strength athlete, stroke survivor and founder of ARNI (Action for Rehabilitation from Neurological Injury), national charity dedicated to help retrain people who have had brain injuries.
Dr Tom’s Combo Bar was designed for people with limitations from stroke, who often have difficulties with arm extension, requiring triceps stimulation. Furthermore, people training after head trauma (often military personnel) who have required surgery (craniotomy) have to take care that triceps work doesn’t touch scar tissue, thereby initiating or exacerbating epilepsy.
Get this bar now and your purchase goes directly back to helping people with acquired or traumatic brain injury!
Do Intense & Strict Triceps Extensions and Bicep Curls with greater range of motion with Dr Tom's Combo Bar!
Dr Tom's Combo Bar allows you to perform Lying or Seated Overhead Triceps Extensions BUT with some major advantages:
• Firstly, the Shape of the Bar allows room for your head meaning you get a greater range of motion and more muscle fibre recruitment.
• Secondly, the Neutral Grip Ergonomic Handles mean you not only get a better contraction of the lateral head of the triceps but you also minimise the stress on the elbows that often comes with this exercise.
This bar is also really great for variations of Standing Bicep Curls, with a better range of movement at the top position.
You can even use it for Standing or Seated Overhead Presses and by grasping the top handle enclosure, Standing or Bent-Over Rows. Use it for Complexes!
This bar is great: it will take anything you can throw at it.
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If you'd like a Dr Tom's Combo Bar, please ask Tom at ARNI directly by writing to tom@arni.uk.com or go to Primal Strength page directly (this company is the only company licensed worldwide to fabricate and sell them). At £95, very good one-stop shop for stroke survivor home training!
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Effectively target your triceps with our tricep bar. Perfect for use with benches as it reduces strain on your wrists. Shop online today.Have you got your Dr. Tom's Combo Bar yet? Patent granted in 2012. fb.watch/wqIioQfszY/
If you'd like one of these, ask Dr Tom at tom@arni.uk.com directly