A study published in the medical journal Nature on Monday found that targeted electrical pulses delivered to the spinal cord can help improve arm and hand movement after a stroke. Two patients were ...

According to the World Stroke Organization, one-in-four people will suffer a stroke at some point in their life.

Pulses of electricity delivered to a precise location on the spinal cord have helped two stroke patients regain control of a disabled arm and hand, a team reports in the journal Nature Medicine. The ...

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 ...

Having lived with an ALS diagnosis since 2018, Kate Nycz can tell you firsthand what it's like to slowly lose motor function for basic tasks. "My arm can get to maybe 90 degrees, but then it fatigues ...

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 ...

A Chandler teen just received a $50,000 scholarship for engineering innovation in stroke rehabilitation. Brad Wu created a robotic arm device that could help stroke patients regain movement. “It is ...

Stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability worldwide. Each year more than 15 million people worldwide have strokes, and three-quarters of stroke survivors will experience impairment, weakness ...

In December 2011, Heather Rendulic awoke to a pricking, tingling feeling on the left side of her body. She later learned that a cluster of weak, tightly packed blood vessels near the base of her skull ...

For nearly a decade, Heather Rendulic lived – as she put it – as a one-armed person in a two-armed world. Then, for a month in 2021, she got a respite. A stimulator implanted in her neck sent ...

HOUSTON, Texas — An implanted device that stimulates the vagus nerve has shown promising improvement of arm function in stroke patients in a second small clinical study. While the primary endpoint — ...