Engineers at ETH Zurich have developed a wearable system that can help patients regain movement and mobility after a stroke. The system consists of a motion-sensing watch and an earpiece that zaps a ...

After a stroke, many people have problems getting around. Scientists in England are working to get stroke patients back on their feet with the help of robotic technology. It's a bionic solution for ...

There's newfound hope for stroke patients in recovery, with what researchers believe is the very first drug that can comprehensively deliver rehabilitation without the need for challenging long-term ...

Researchers have succeeded in restoring lost brain function in mouse models of stroke using small molecules that in the future could potentially be developed into a stroke recovery therapy.

Strokes are the fifth leading cause of death in the United States and a leading cause of disability, according to the American Stroke Association. "Stroke is injury to the brain from impairment of ...

Stroke recovery improves when care addresses social needs like reducing loneliness and depression and strengthening support. Stroke recovery is often measured by physical milestones, but growing ...

The drug gabapentin, currently prescribed to control seizures and reduce nerve pain, may enhance recovery of movement after a stroke by helping neurons on the undamaged side of the brain take up the ...

And while the severity of a stroke doesn't typically change the shape of recovery, it does affect the extent to which a person will ultimately improve, he said—a person with a mild stroke may regain ...

Carilion Clinic reached a milestone in May as the first health system in Virginia to implant Vivistim® for improved arm and hand function post stroke. Approved by the Food and Drug Administration in ...

For the first time, researchers have used electrical stimulation of the cervical spinal cord to immediately restore arm and hand movement in two patients with chronic moderate-to-severe upper limb ...