People who hold physical therapy jobs at a Michigan institute of higher education are helping U.S. soldiers who endured head trauma recuperate from those damages, according to a published report.
Central Michigan University accepted an $83,314 grant from Blue Cross Blue Shield to widen the scope of the study of how technology impacts American soldiers, MLive reports.
"Performing real-world tasks in a regular therapeutic setting is limited by the client's ability, frustration and lack of success, which can de-motivate the patient from practicing," physical therapy professor Ksenia Ustinova with CMU told the news source. "Game-based rehabilitation offers a variety of scenarios like skiing or crossing the street in which mistakes do not pose any risk to the participant and criteria for performance success can be scaled according to the individual's ability."
The program accepted a 2010 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense for $391,000, the news source reports.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, physical therapists help patients manage pain and enhance range of motion after illnesses, injury and surgery.