University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers report the final outcomes of a pioneering pilot clinical trial using ...
Tampa General Hospital is hailing advancements in stroke recovery that are allowing patients to use body parts that have been dormant for decades.
The procedure involves implanting a small device that delivers mild pulses to the vagus nerve while patients engage in ...
A new rehabilitation strategy is showing promise helping patients recover lost motor function and independence after suffering strokes. When combined with rehabilitation therapy, the implantable ...
Stroke survivors often face substantial and long-lasting problems with their arms. Both arms often decline together: When one arm is more severely affected by the stroke, the other becomes more ...
Targeted therapy of the ipsilesional, or “good” arm, improved motor function, including control and speed, in chronic stroke survivors with severe paresis. In a small randomized clinical trial ...
Combining brain stimulation with intense physical rehabilitation helped stroke survivors recover movement in their arms and hands and maintain these improvements for one year, according to a study to ...
A robotic arm exoskeleton being tested in Spokane is reaching to advance recovery for stroke patients. Developed at University of Idaho, a two-joint device is in trial use for one arm at Providence St ...
May is National Stroke Awareness Month, and one Wichita Falls rehabilitation center is working to educate the public while ...
This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece discusses advances in vagus nerve stimulation. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the collection ...