THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME – STAVERN HOSPITAL IN NORWAY IS CONDUCTING A RESEARCH PROJECT WITH HAPPY REHAB

shop-mgr2023-01-06T09:20:17+08:00 This past year, Stavern Hospital in Norway has tested the effects of rehabilitation training with Happy Rehab. 25 children with different functional limitations are participating in the project in the course of this year. The aim of the project is to test whether it is possible to reduce amount of training time with a therapist, by doing the training at home. Why use time and resources to attend physiotherapy several times a week, when there is assistive technology that can make good training and rehabilitation possible at home? This was the question posed by Stavern Hospital in Norway before starting their...

THE FALL PREVENTION CLINIC’S PROJECT WITH TREAX PADS

shop-mgr2023-01-06T09:20:50+08:00 This autumn, the Fall Prevention Clinic at Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital found that Treax Pads gave extra training motivation to their patients. Therefore, they now are conducting a randomised study using the pads, starting in October this year.  The Fall Prevention Clinic at Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital sees patients over the age of 65 who have problems with balance and dizziness. In autumn 2016, the Fall Prevention Clinic and VihTek (Knowledge Center For Aid and Welfare technology in the Capital Region of Danmark) started using Treax Pads in training with geriatric patients, after having searched quite some time for a technological tool...

THE CHILD DISABILITY PARENTS ASSOCIATION

shop-mgr2023-06-07T11:36:42+08:00 In the Child Disability Parents Association, there is room for everyone who has a disability, or are parents of a child with a disability. The organisation is independent of diagnosis, and therefore it helps many different people with different backgrounds and life conditions.  The Child Disability Parents Association (in Norwegian; HBF) is an interest group for children with disabilities and their families. HBF is independent of diagnoses and embraces all kinds of disabilities. The organisation is run by volunteers and is a section of the Norwegian Association of Disabled.  HBF works nationally, as well as locally. POLITICAL KEY ISSUES Nationally, HBF addresses issues of...

WHAT ARE TREAX PADS?

shop-mgr2023-01-06T09:23:04+08:00 The coloured Treax Pads make up a training system that was originally developed for people with neurological difficulties. Later we have found that the pads give good results for many different users. Treax Pads are part of a technological training tool that can be used by many different people with many different needs. Treax Pads contain the pad system that can be used for training of coordination, balance and reactivity. They are versatile and can be used on the floor or mounted on a wall, so that the user can choose to train either arms or legs. Treax Pads were developed especially...

HAPPY REHAB – THREE STORIES

shop-mgr2023-01-06T09:28:42+08:00 When Martin Hjort developed Happy Rehab, he wanted to create a tool that could help children with cerebral palsy. Later it turned out that many others can benefit from Happy Rehab; children and adults with other diagnoses, as well as persons with no actual diagnoses who need training of specific joints. We have spoken with three users of Happy Rehab who all have different backgrounds and needs. ELISE MATHILDE, 6 YEARS – CEREBRAL PALSY When Elise Mathilde was three years old, a physiotherapist discovered that Elise Mathilde’s balance difficulties were caused by the fact that she had cerebral palsy. ”It was almost a...