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REHABILITATIVE
THERAPY
How it Works
The Interactive Metronome
is an advanced brain-based treatment program designed to
promote and enhance brain performance and recovery. This
is accomplished by using innovative neurosensory and
neuromotor exercises developed to improve the brain's
inherent ability to repair or remodel itself through a
process called neuroplasticity.
The IM program provides a
structured, goal-oriented process that challenges the
individual to synchronize a range of hand and foot
exercises to a precise computer-generated reference tone
heard through headphones. The individual attempts to match
the rhythmic beat with repetitive motor actions.
A patented audio or audio and visual guidance system
provides immediate feedback measured in milliseconds,
and a score is provided.
Over the course of the treatment, individuals learn to:
focus and attend for longer periods of time, increase
physical endurance and stamina, filter out internal and
external distractions, improve ability to monitor mental
and physical actions as they are occurring, and
progressively improve performance.
IM can result in or
contribute to improvements in:
IM neurological and
motor rehabilitation helps improve individuals’:
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Endurance and
strength
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Gait Symmetry
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Coordination
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Motor control
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Balance
Clinical
Foundation
The human brain's
efficiency and performance depend on the seamless
transition of neuronetwork signals from one area of the
brain to another. Findings in a recent study by Neal
Alpiner, MD, “Functional MRI Study of the Effects of
IM on Auditory-Motor Processing Networks”, suggest
that IM works by augmenting internal processing speed
within the neuroaxis. The key regions affected appear to
include the cerebellum, prefrontal cortex, cingulate
gyrus and basal ganglia.
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