Mentamove: Making the right moves.

In India more than 10 million people suffer from some kind of paralysis. The paralysis can be caused due to an array of reasons like Stroke, Spinal Cord Injury, Brain Tumour, Peripheral Nerve Injury or other neurological issues. The biggest difficulty faced by the patient is inability of the patient to use his extremities. Manual Therapy will not have any effect in the rehabilitation of the patient.

To tackle these problem researchers in Germany has devised a new technology known as Mentamove.The hi-tech equipment makes the optimum utilization of technology for effective treatment of neurological problems. In fact initial tests have shown about 85% success rate with Mentamove alone, and when using it in tandem with Combination Therapy the success rate rises to almost 95%.

This Facility has been brought to the city through Physioline the specialised and rehabilitation centre in Andheri. Their combination of Physiotherapy and Mentamove has made the pace of recovery for the treatment of paralysis quicker.

Mentamove is based on modern knowledge and experience of neuroplasticity. The ability of the central nervous system to reorganise its functions to recover and to relearn is amazingly great, especially if given the necessary support during rehabilitation.

Mentamove works on the principal of prodding patients to have mental practice of motor skills by enabling the patient to relearn and reorganise the functions that had been “lost” or “forgotten”. By exercising with Mentamove, neural stimulation electrodes are placed on the skin surface above the muscle responsible for joint movement. The patients direct his full attention to carrying out a deliberate, motivating, complex movement and carry out the movement only in his imagination as he exercises his mind. The machine records the potential change generated in target muscle and when it reaches an individual marginal value, it converts it into indented activity.