Over five million people in the UK live with arm weakness, with stroke damage accounting for one million people of those people. The only intervention shown to improve arm function is repetitive, task ...
A study found that after three months of practicing a modified form of Tai Chi in which participants are seated, stroke survivors had improved hand and arm function, sitting balance, mental health and ...
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 ...
When someone has suffered arm weakness due to a stroke, it's important for them to perform repetitive exercises in order to regain strength in the limb. A new device is designed to help them do so, as ...
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 ...
"Exercise is a really crucial part of rehabilitation," said study co-author Dr. Ada Tang, a physical therapist and professor of rehabilitation science at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, ...
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 ...
Correspondence to Dr Ada Tang, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Canada; atang{at}mcmaster.ca Objective To determine the superiority of ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — A stroke left Heather ...