Blast from the Past - VA using robotics to help patients
From: Temple Daily Telegram - 10/07/2005
By: Clay Coppedge

Robots may soon become therapists and stroke victims' best friends, if early
results from a new robotic system demonstrated Thursday at the Olin E. Teague
Veterans' Center in Temple are any indication.

Dr. Charles G. Burgar, a Temple native and lead investigator of the Assisted
Movement Neuro-rehabilitation project, said Thursday the Mirror Im age
Movement Enabler (MIME) has been shown in early trials to speed recovery of
motor skills faster than with a therapist alone. The main advantage is that
it allows patients to guide their own movements, Burgar said.

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