Cogstate Receives Health Canada Marketing Authorization for Latest Healthcare Offering
March 29 2018 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Announcing LifeSpring Physiotherapy as
Latest Customer
The cognitive science company, Cogstate, today announced that
its Healthcare Division recently received Health Canada marketing
authorization for its latest Cognigram™ digital cognitive
assessment system, and LifeSpring Physiotherapy, an Ontario-based
concussion care leader has become the first Canadian implementation
partner for the new Cognigram system.
“LifeSpring is proud to offer concussion testing for individuals
and teams using the Cognigram system. We intend to use the system
to determine athletes’ cognitive baseline evaluations both in and
out of season, and to support concussion treatment planning
involving return-to-work or return-to-play decisions.” said Ron
O’Hare, Owner and Sport Physiotherapist at LifeSpring
Physiotherapy.
Storm Volleyball Club is one of the sports organizations
supported by LifeSpring Physiotherapy in Ontario, Canada. “We at
Storm Volleyball Club believe that taking a lead in sports injury
management is extremely important, and we have decided to make
routine concussion testing mandatory for our 13U and older
athletes. To meet our objectives, we have chosen to work with
LifeSpring Physiotherapy for its industry-leading clinic supported
by world-class tools,” commented Bo Brkic & Bruce Stafford of
Storm Volleyball Club.
“Cogstate Healthcare is excited to bring the latest Cognigram
offering into Canada. We are honored to be a part of proactive
concussion care for high-performance athletes provided by
LifeSpring Physiotherapy and Storm Volleyball,” said Frank Cheng,
President of Cogstate Healthcare.
The Cognigram system is a digital cognitive assessment tool with
self-administered assessment that can be completed both in-clinic
and at-home. For more than ten years, Cogstate has provided
concussion testing technologies to numerous sports organizations
around the world, including professional sports leagues and teams,
universities and colleges, medical centers and physician practices,
and high schools. Beyond concussion, the Cognigram system can be
used to support brain health management for the elderly population,
for cognitive monitoring related to mild cognitive impairment as
part of the dementia disease process, as well as cognitive
dysfunction and delirium caused by geriatric surgery and other
therapeutic interventions.
About Cogstate
Cogstate Ltd (ASX:CGS) is a leading science and technology
solutions provider dedicated to optimizing the measurement of
cognition in clinical trials, academic research and healthcare.
Cogstate provides enabling technologies and professional services
for higher quality neuropsychological assessments and is a pioneer
in commercializing rapid, reliable and sensitive computerized
cognitive tests. Cogstate customers include the world’s leading
biopharmaceutical companies; elite sporting organizations and
military; physicians and patients; renowned academic institutions
and public-private partnerships. For more information visit
www.cogstate.com.
About LifeSpring Physiotherapy
LifeSpring offers dynamic, individualized whole patient care in
partnership with its clients to help them restore and maintain
their physical well-being. LifeSpring Physiotherapy has numerous
services geared to help their clients achieve injury prevention and
restoration, as they maintain a healthy lifestyle including:
physiotherapy, Alter-G rehab, medical acupuncture, strength and
conditioning, massage therapy, custom orthotics, custom BREG knee
bracing and the Osteo-Circuit program.
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