Hobbs Rehabilitation becoming Summit's UK Reference Centre

Hobbs Rehabilitation are becoming the UK Reference Centre for Summit Medical and Scientific.

We are proud to announce our new partnership with the Hobbs Rehabilitation Intensive Neurotherapy Centre, who are becoming the first UK Reference Centre for our rehabilitation technology devices. These therapy systems have been developed by Hocoma and Motek, and are represented in the UK by Summit Medical and Scientific.

Patients at the Hobbs Rehabilitation Intensive Neurotherapy Centre will now have access to some of our state-of-the-art robotic and virtual reality systems for functional movement and gait therapy. The Reference Centre will house both Hocoma and Motek Medical technology, including the Andago, Armeo®Spring Pro and C-Mill VR treadmill.

The UK Reference Centre will be open to visitors interested in finding out more about Hocoma and Motek devices, and the range of rehabilitation technology offered in the UK by Summit Medical and Scientific. Please get in touch with the team today to arrange your visit.

Alison Gomes Da Silva, Clinical Lead at Hobbs Rehabilitation, Bristol, said:

“We are excited to showcase our clinical excellence here at the Intensive Neurotherapy Centre and this partnership represents a great opportunity to strengthen the range of neurotechnology on offer here. Our multidisciplinary therapy team will be using the devices from Hocoma and Motek, across all patient groups, including our newly launched Amputee and Trauma service.”

Sara Brammall, Managing Director at Summit Medical and Scientific, said:

“We are delighted to partner with Hobbs Rehabilitation and launch Summit’s first UK Reference Centre. As the UK sales partner for international technology developers, we believe in the vital difference rehabilitation technology can make in a patient’s journey and we are passionate about increasing access to these devices across the country. We are looking forward to working with the team at Hobbs Rehabilitation and show how our equipment can benefit patients.”

State-of-the-art rehabilitation technology

Hocoma and Motek products benefit patients and therapists alike, bringing safety, efficiency, excellence and innovation to clinics, centres and hospitals around the world. As world leaders of advanced technologies for movement rehabilitation, Hocoma and Motek have been at the forefront of creating pioneering devices, services and human movement therapy solutions for over 20 years.

The Andago by Hocoma is a free-moving mobile robotic device with dynamic body weight support for safe balance, stability and gait therapy. The Andago provides intensive, efficient and versatile rehabilitation, and bridges the gap between treadmill-based gait training and the patient’s ability to walk unaided overground. The mobile robotic technology senses the patient’s movement and actively follows them. The dynamic body weight support provides continuous de-weighting through the whole gait cycle, as well as sit-to-stand and balance exercises. Read more.

The Armeo®Spring Pro is the latest development in upper limb rehabilitation by Hocoma. The Armeo®Spring Pro’s customisable arm weight support, powered by patented TrueG technology, enables training of the entire movement chain from the shoulder to the hand. This adjustable exoskeleton facilitates personalised therapy with the device fully fitted to the patient’s limb, facilitating an individual set up for each patient with the therapist able to lock specific joints. Therapists can focus on selective movements and therapy goals, and patients can have more control over their movement. Patients perform a high number of repetitions of grasp and reach movements, taking their therapy to the next level. Game-like Augmented Performance Feedback and Virtual Reality exercises motivate to actively train core movement patterns that are commonly used in activities of daily living. Read more.

The C-Mill VR by Motek Medical is an innovative treadmill for the evaluation and training of impaired gait and balance. Using augmented reality, virtual reality, acoustic cues and force plate technology, the C-Mill VR is the ideal solution for effective functional movement therapy. The C-Mill VR uses targets, obstacle avoidance, dual-tasking applications, realistic virtual reality environments and a variety of challenges to train balance and gait adaptability strategies. This prepares patients for functional movement in everyday life – all within a safe and controlled environment. Read more.

About Hobbs Rehabilitation

Hobbs Rehabilitation was founded in 2005 and is now one of the largest independent providers of neurological rehabilitation in the UK. Operating from multiple locations across the south of England, with inpatient, outpatient and community settings, Hobbs Rehabilitation provides multidisciplinary tech-integrated therapy for neurological conditions. Hobbs also runs clinical education both in universities and at their clinics along with at the MiNT Academy head office, at the Bristol Intensive Neurotherapy Centre.

About Summit Medical and Scientific

Summit Medical and Scientific are passionate about the power of rehabilitation technology.

We represent clinical technology leaders Hocoma, Motek, Life Science Robotics and ddrobotec® to provide the total solution for rehabilitation in the UK. Our partners have developed innovative therapy devices using robotics, sensors and virtual reality for early and acute rehabilitation, gait and balance therapy, arm and hand therapy, body weight support, lower limb resistance training and more. View all of our clinical solutions here.

Get in touch with Summit Medical and Scientific today to find out more about incorporating state-of-the-art rehabilitation technology into your practice.

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