Two shore area rehabilitation hospitals are using breakthrough technology that's giving new hope for mobility to multiple sclerosis, brain injury and stroke patients.
HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospitals in Toms River and Tinton Falls are offering electrode stimulating devices called the NESS H200 and the NESS L300 distributed by Bioness Incorporated.
Toms River Physical Therapist Emma Magierski says the NESS L300 device has been helping them treat patients suffering from "Foot Drop Syndrome", a disorder which causes the inability to raise ankles and toes when walking, for a year.
In a press release, hospital officials say a neuroprosthesis consists of a simple splint that slips over the patients forearm and hand or leg. Embedded in the device are five surface electrodes that stimulate muscles.
Magierski says, "There are Electrodes that are applied below the knee, right where your nerve comes from and then that will give your leg a little tingling sensation when the machine is on and that will pick up your foot as you walk."
Magierski says at their Tinton Falls facility, they've been offering patients a similar device that works with the upper extremity. She says the NESS H200 helps patients recover hand function to grasp and release objects.
Company officials say the devices cost around $6-thousand dollars and aren't covered by Medicaid. You can get more information on the devices from the company's web site at http://www.bioness.com/.
Magierski says she can be reached at 732-505-5037 for more information
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