Digital musculoskeletal care company Hinge Health announced Tuesday it would expand into in-person care with a physical therapy house call service.
The offering will first launch in Chicago followed by a nationwide rollout. Hinge is pitching the home option as a complement to virtual care, arguing in-person evaluations could improve patients' digital experiences.
"As the market leader in MSK care...
Workers compensation-focused Bardavon Health Innovations has acquired digital musculoskeletal care startup PeerWell in a cash and stock deal for an undisclosed amount.
Bardavon, which offers tools for injury prevention, treatment planning, and case-tracking and documentation, will use PeerWell to offer both in-person physical therapy and virtual coaching. The company said the digital MSK platform...
Virtual musculoskeletal care startup Upswing Health announced last week it had scored $5 million in seed funding.
Participants in the round included Montage Ventures, Connecticut Innovations, WTI, Ikigai Healthcare Fund and other strategic investors.
WHAT IT DOES
Upswing offers an online symptom checker where users can describe their pain in a questionnaire and receive exercise recommendations...
Digital musculoskeletal care company Hinge Health launched a women's pelvic health program, nearly two months after competitor SWORD Health revealed a similar offering.
Hinge's program, available within the same platform as the rest of its MSK tools, offers educational content and access to a care team made up of physical therapists, women's health coaches and urogynecologists. The offering can...
London-based GripAble, which offers a platform for digital neurological and musculoskeletal rehabilitation, raised $11 million in Series A financing.
The round was led by IP Group and Parkwalk Advisors, bringing the startup's total raise to $17.5 million.
WHAT IT DOES
GripAble offers a handheld device that can be squeezed to assess grip strength. It pairs with an app in which users can play games...
A digital musculoskeletal care program improved chronic shoulder pain and function, according to a study published in the Journal of Pain Research.
The study used SWORD Health's digital MSK tool, and some authors are SWORD employees.
"This study supports the utility of telerehabilitation – namely of digital care programs – in the management of shoulder conditions, showing results which are...
Patients using a digital musculoskeletal care program experienced higher levels of pain improvement up to a year after registering compared with those who didn't participate, according to a study published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.
The study was funded by digital MSK company Hinge Health, and some of the authors are Hinge employees.
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Researchers found the percentage of study...
A blended approach to physical therapy, using digital interventions to support face-to-face care, wasn't more effective at treating nonspecific low back pain compared with in-person therapy alone, according to a study published in JMIR.
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The study found stratified blended physiotherapy, which sorts patients into groups depending on their risk of developing persistent low back pain,...
Digital musculoskeletal care and physical therapy company RecoveryOne launched its new Motion Trainer, a computer vision tool that traces motion and gives feedback.
Without requiring a wearable sensor, the technology uses a device's built-in camera to provide visual and audio guidance to users.
The tool is currently available for people using RecoveryOne for chronic and acute low back pain. The...
Musculoskeletal care is a big problem for the U.S. healthcare system, digital health companies say. Disorders are common and expensive to treat, but care that could cut down those high costs is inaccessible to many who need it.
That message is resonating with investors. Over the past year, they've poured hundreds of millions of dollars into the digital MSK space. Unicorns Hinge Health and SWORD...
