第2950期:Rehab tech firms help patients reclaim their strength

Aggressive medication used during a clinical trial paralyzed her left arm and leg.临床试验期间使用的强效药物导致她的左臂和左腿瘫痪。As a nurse, Gersh knew she had to take action quickly in order to get moving again.作为一名护士，格什知道她必须迅速采取行动，以便恢复行动。Everything was totally limp and flaccid on the left side. She found Neofect, a tech company that uses games to retrain the brain through physical therapy.左边的身体软弱无力。她找到了Neofect，一家通过物理疗法利用游戏来重新训练大脑的科技公司。After six months of daily play, she regained most of the movement in her arm.经过半年的每日练习，她手臂的活动能力已基本恢复。Neofect CEO Scott Kim leaned on his own experience with rehab as a young child born with spina bifida.Neofect首席执行官ScottKim借鉴了自己幼时因脊柱裂接受康复治疗的经历。I had a major surgery on my back, and after the surgery, I had to go through the rehabilitation process, getting up, you know, lying down, getting back and just repeat this.我背部动了一场大手术，术后必须经历康复过程，起床、躺下、翻身，就这样不断重复。Kim said repetition is most important part of physical therapy, but it is also boring, monotonous.金表示重复是物理治疗中最重要的部分，但它也很无聊、单调。To change that, Neofect developed its flagship product, the smart glove.为了改变这一现状，Neofect研发了其旗舰产品——智能手套。It sits on your hand like a light exoskeleton, filled with sensors to track movement.它像一个轻便的外骨骼一样戴在你的手上，里面布满了用于追踪动作的传感器。It becomes virtual controller, so all the motions that you're making with the glove on are recognized by the software.它变成了虚拟控制器，因此你戴着手套做出的所有动作都会被软件识别。Software keeps track of progress and uses artificial intelligence algorithms to encourage patients to try greater challenges as they improve.软件会跟踪康复进度，并运用人工智能算法在患者病情好转时鼓励他们尝试更具挑战性的训练。Now you can say with the software that or you gain, like three degrees on pronation and 15 degrees in you know supination.现在你可以用这个软件说，比如你获得了三度的旋前和十五度的旋后。Neofect's latest product is called the Neomano, meaning new hand.Neoffect的最新产品叫做Neomano，是新手的意思。Kim says it will actually flex a patient's fingers in cases with no movement at all, further using tech and video games to help patients through tough recoveries.金表示，对于完全丧失活动能力的患者，该设备能实际弯曲他们的手指，并通过科技与电子游戏进一步帮助患者度过艰难的康复过程。