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Spinoff story
Medical Devices Assess, Treat Balance Disorders
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
Dr. Lewis Nashner's NASA-funded, pioneering work in the 1980s on balance assessment and rehabilitation led to the invention of the EquiTest computerized dynamic posturography system, used by Johnson Space Center to evaluate astronauts' balance upon their return to Earth's gravity. Commercialized by NeuroCom International Inc., of Clackamas, Oregon, the EquiTest has since been joined by a wide range of other balance-related medical devices and options. NeuroCom now has over 2,000 systems in use around the world in a variety of medical fields, including neurology, geriatrics, orthopedics, and sports medicine.