Researchers at the Medical University of Vienna and ETH Zurich have developed a rehabilitation platform for people suffering ...

Around a third of people are able to almost fully rebuild their brains after a stroke and uncovering why is pointing the way ...

A new MultiSensy platform combines immersive VR with electrical nerve stimulation to double upper limb motor recovery in chronic stroke survivors.

In the U.S., a stroke happens roughly every 40 seconds. That means, in the time it takes to read a five-minute news article, more than seven Americans will have experienced this life-changing medical ...

Many people with stroke experience incomplete recoveries, leaving them with upper extremity (UE) deficits affecting their long-term independence. Interventions including virtual reality (VR) and ...

Imagine your brain as a bustling city with millions of interconnected highways carrying information at lightning speed. Now picture what happens when a major earthquake hits, destroying some of those ...

An early-stage clinical trial has shown that deep brain stimulation (DBS) applied to the cerebellum may aid the recovery of upper limb function after stroke. Researchers studied 12 people with ...

Stroke is one of the leading causes of serious and complex adult disability; anyone reading this could be the next stroke survivor. Every day in the UK, 240 people of all ages wake up to the effects ...

A seismic shift is underway in how experts view functional recovery after a stroke. For years, the prevailing belief was that regaining limb mobility beyond 6 months was nearly impossible, as damaged ...

Stroke disrupts blood flow to focal regions of the brain, leading to neuronal death and loss of motor function. In the aftermath of injury, the central nervous system exhibits neuroplasticity: ...

Native filmmaker Jaime Tafoya chronicles his journey as a stroke survivor. Native filmmaker Jaime Tafoya chronicles his journey as a stroke survivor. He explores his path to recovery, which included ...