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Both study groups used an app-based therapy, and required a similar number of sessions to become proficient in specific rehabilitation tasks.

MindMaze said that it plans to continue development of NMI's gamified therapy for cognitive and motor capability impairment.

Paris-based Sensome, a company that makes sensors to identify biological tissues, just landed $5.

Patients often have a long and difficult  road to recovery following a stroke, but now developers are turning to virtual reality to assist in their therapy.

A connected sensor patch developed by Northwestern University engineers and the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, a research hospital in Chicago, could allow clinicians to better monitor stroke patients as they recover at home.

The FDA announced yesterday that it will permit marketing of Viz.

Cincinnati, Ohio based PatientPoint, which makes engagement platforms and apps for providers and patients, is collaborating with the American Heart Association to provide educational resources on heart health and stroke prevention to doctors and physicians at the point of care.

Washington, DC-based modus health, a spin-off of a prosthesis company called Orthocare Innovations, has launched with the goal of creating a wearable activity tracker for clinical use.