SWORD Health: Reinventing the wheel for physiotherapy
- Portugal
- 5 min read
- Jan 02, 2019
- By Gareth Gardiner Jones
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AI-powered healthcare tech brings relief to overworked and understaffed physiotherapy providers
Unknown to many, a deeply personal commitment to rehabilitation therapy was the powerful driving force behind the creation of SWORD Health's game-changing digital physiotherapy device.
The company's co-founder and CEO Virgílio Bento was unaware of the dearth of physiotherapy services until his brother was involved in a car accident and spent six months in a coma. Thankfully his brother recovered, even though he had received only two hours of physiotherapy per week instead of the recommended two hours daily at a Portuguese state healthcare facility.
The experience spurred Bento to do some...
The company's co-founder and CEO Virgílio Bento was unaware of the dearth of physiotherapy services until his brother was involved in a car accident and spent six months in a coma. Thankfully his brother recovered, even though he had received only two hours of physiotherapy per week instead of the recommended two hours daily at a Portuguese state healthcare facility.
The experience spurred Bento to do some...
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