Neurorehabilitation is a complex medical process that aims to aid recovery from a nervous system injury and minimize and/or compensate for any functional alterations.
[1][2] In case of a serious disability, such as those caused by a severe spinal injury or brain damage, the patient and their families' abilities, lifestyles, and projects are suddenly shattered.
Many neurorehabilitation programs, whether offered by hospitals or at private, specialized clinics, have a wide variety of specialists in many different fields to provide the most well rounded treatment of patients.
Some of these include: home modifications and safety training (Fall prevention strategies), cognitive rehabilitation – retraining for memory, attention, processing, and executive functions.
[4] Virtual reality simulations and video games provide patients with an interactive way to explore and re-learn different aspects of their lives and environments while being observed within the safety of their treating therapists and physicians.
These devices and simulations, along with other robotic technology, offer patients who have just had strokes, other brain or spinal cord injuries the option of training and physical therapy much sooner than might otherwise be possible, thus shortening the recovery period.