A new stroke rehabilitation computer program employs sensors to recognize and count arm movements with 77% accuracy, its makers say. Once refined and further tested, they plan to offer the program ...

A sensor-equipped computer program was nearly 80% effective in identifying and counting arm movements in patients undergoing stroke rehabilitation, researchers from NYU Grossman School of Medicine ...

Losing the use of an arm after a stroke can be devastating, but new research could offer survivors fresh hope. The study found that a combination of targeted brain stimulation therapy, along with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Intensive arm motor therapy improved modified Rankin Scale scores among a “substantial” portion of patients who ...

A phase II, randomized clinical trial found that the optimal period for intensive rehabilitation of arm and hand use after a stroke should begin 60 to 90 days after the event. A phase II, randomized ...

Stimulating a nerve that runs between various organs and the brain with intense physical rehabilitation improved arm and hand function in people with stroke. The improved motor function remained at ...

Stroke survivors have improved recovery of hand and arm function with the help a new rehabilitation protocol thanks to finely tuned electrostimulation of target muscles in the arm. It happens that, ...

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 ...

About 25% of Americans will experience a stroke, according to Steven Edgley, MD, director of stroke rehabilitation at University of Utah Health since 2006. Edgley knows full well how life-changing a ...

When a stroke victim has lost the use of an arm, they typically have to perform rehabilitative exercises utilizing heavy, costly, clinic-based equipment. A compact new portable device, however, could ...

A sensor-equipped computer program can accurately identify and count arm movements in people participating in stroke rehabilitation, a new study shows. Now that it can do so, the next step, say the ...

URI Physical Therapy Professor Mariusz Furmanek, working with engineering professors Reza Abiri and Yalda Shahriari, demonstrates the cutting-edge closed-loop feedback system to monitor the muscle and ...