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Performance Health Technologies Brings Game-Like Advanced Neuromuscular Control and Training to Healthcare Professionals With Core:Tx(R) for Professionals

Posted on: Tuesday, 12 February 2008, 09:01 CST

Performance Health Technologies, Inc. (PHT), a leader in the development and marketing of innovative products that guide and monitor exercise and rehabilitation, announced its proprietary Core:Tx® technology is now available for therapists and healthcare professionals, making the entire rehabilitation process more efficient, from providing therapy, to optimizing reimbursement. Designed to enhance existing rehabilitation, preventative and strengthening protocols, Core:Tx® for Professionals turns rehabilitation into a wireless, game-like challenge that is entertaining and works for a variety of patients recovering from neuromuscular conditions as well as joint injuries.

Core:Tx® is a patent-pending wireless system built on PHT's innovative MotionTrack™ platform, used by professional sports teams. It combines hardware and software operating on a personal computer (PC) as well as a small, soap bar-sized motion-sensing device that can be attached anywhere on a user's body with adjustable straps. This device senses the user's limb motion relative to the user's joint and continuously transmits that information wirelessly to the PC software. This real-time visual feedback helps keep the patient engaged in the therapy routine, while simultaneously aiding neuromuscular reeducation and strengthening muscles throughout an adjustable range of motion.

"Seniors are enjoying their own video game revolution, using gaming for mental and physical exercise," said Stephen Page, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Rehabilitation Sciences, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Neurosciences; Scholar, Institute for the Study of Health; at the University of Cincinnati. "Increasingly, we hear about stroke survivors using Nintendo's Wii for rehabilitation. But among all stroke survivors, only about 20 percent regain sufficient finger control that would allow them to extend and flex a single finger and control a button on the Wii. Products like Core:Tx® are not simple games that motivate seniors to exercise, rather concrete rehabilitation tools that keep seniors motivated."

"Recognizing both the need for therapists to provide more therapy within an increasingly limited frame of time, and clinical research demonstrating that patients suffering from neurological disorders respond well to game-like programs, our medical and computer experts have brought together clinical knowledge, cutting-edge technology and advanced software to create this system," said Robert D. Prunetti, chief executive officer of PHT. "The market for consumer-electronic-based therapeutic and well-being products is expected to grow by 20 percent per year, reaching about $4 billion worldwide by 2010. At PHT, we are always innovating to meet this growing demand. Our engineers work tirelessly to develop the latest tools that will keep our cutting-edge technology relevant and exciting. Future products will include internet enabled software and hardware systems that allow users even more flexibility with their exercise routines, whether rehabbing from an injury or condition, or building strength and coordination."

About Performance Health Technologies, Inc.

Performance Health develops and markets performance evaluation and rehabilitation products that monitor and guide exercise and give real-time motivational feedback. Additional information can be obtained by calling the Company's headquarters in Trenton, New Jersey, 609-656-0800, and through the Company website www.performancehealth.com.

Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements

The foregoing contains "forward-looking statements," which are based on management's beliefs, as well as on a number of assumptions concerning future events and information currently available to management. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are not a guarantee of performance and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside the Company's control that could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Source: Business Wire

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