May 16, 2022 Columns by Ed Tobias MS News That Caught My Eye Last Week: Music, Resilience, Childhood Abuse, Exercise Biogen, MedRhythms Working on Music Therapy for MS Gait Issues This is music to my ears. Sorry, I couldn’t resist, but I’m a big music fan. Music in my ears really motivates me when I’m exercising. So the idea of using computer-based music therapy to improve someone’s gait has…
May 10, 2022 News by Marta Figueiredo, PhD Biogen, MedRhythms Working on Music Therapy for MS Gait Issues Biogen has entered a licensing agreementĀ to develop and potentially commercialize MedRhythms‘Ā investigational music-based digital therapy, MR-004, designed to help make walking easier for people with multiple sclerosis (MS). The partnership combines Biogenās leadership and expertise in MS with MedRhythmsā digital therapeutics platform that uses sensors, algorithms, and music…
May 24, 2021 Columns by Ed Tobias MS News That Caught My Eye Last Week: Zeposia, Music and Gait, Video Therapeutics, Treatment Perceptions NICE Again Says No to Adding Zeposia to Health System for England and Wales Reading this news, I’m again reminded of the major difference between the healthcare system in the U.S. and those in most of the rest of the world. While the systems outside the U.S. provide most…
May 21, 2021 News by Steve Bryson, PhD MedRhythms Launches Trial of Rhythmic Sound Therapy to Aid Walking The digital therapeutics company MedRhythmsĀ is launching a clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of MR-004, an experimental product that uses rhythmic sounds to improve walking abilities in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). The randomized…
April 27, 2020 News by Joana Carvalho, PhD US Grants Patent to MedRhythmsā Proprietary Audio Engine Used in Walking Therapy Products The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent covering the intellectual rights to MedRhythmsā proprietary audio engine, a core component of the companyās rhythmic sound products designed to improve the walking ability of adult patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neurological disorders. The…
January 20, 2020 News by Iqra Mumal, MSc Clinical Trial of Rhythmic Sound in Walking Rehab for MS Planned, MedRhythms Says MedRhythmsĀ is planning to soon open a pilot clinical trial to assess the safety and efficacy of its MR-004, its investigational product that uses rhythmic sounds to improve walking abilities in people withĀ multiple sclerosis (MS), the company announced. The randomized and controlled trial, fully support by a grant…