Innovative Therapies French

With this special issue of the Journal of Current Clinical Care (JCCC), we aim to provide community healthcare professionals (HCPs) with practical clinical insight and support in improving the quality of life in the aging patient with innovative therapies.

Neuromodulation therapy, especially spinal cord stimulation (SCS), offers patients the potential for pain relief without repeated injections or ongoing medication use.

Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a relatively frequent but underdiagnosed geriatric disorder with symptoms of impaired gait and balance, overactive bladder, and cognitive decline in the presence of neuroimaging evidence of ventriculomegaly.

Deep brain stimulation has become widely accepted as a treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD), dystonia and tremor, and as an off-label treatment for many other movement disorders.

Hearing loss has a profound impact on an individual. A hidden disability, hearing loss disrupts the way we communicate and ultimately limits our ability to socialize and engage with others.

Sacral neuromodulation is FDA and Health Canada approved for both overactive bladder and fecal incontinence as a therapy following conservative management and pharmacologic therapies.

In spite of the slightly increased incidence of infections, malignancies and systemic illnesses affecting the older spine, about 90% of back pain in the elderly, as in younger patients, is mechanical.

This infographic provides an overview of restorative health therapies and its impact on improving the quality of life for in aging patients.