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Enhanced rehab for stroke doubles movement recovery
A novel therapy technique invented by researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas has been shown in a pilot study to double the rate of upper limb recovery in stroke patients, a leap forward in treating the nearly 800,000 Americans who suffer strokes each year.
The results of the study, funded by UT Dallas spinoff company MicroTransponder of Austin, Texas, were published Sept. 27 in the journal Stroke.
The findings indicate that targeted plasticity therapy -- which involves stimulation of the vagus nerve -- paired with traditional motor-skill rehabilitation is not only safe, but also twice as effective as rehab alone.
Vagus Nerve Stimulation Paired With Upper Limb Rehabilitation After Chronic Stroke (open, DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.118.022279) (DX)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 02 2018, @10:08PM (1 child)
Any therapy where the nurse finishes off with a happy ending has got to be good.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 02 2018, @11:14PM
Signed: Bubba, the penitentiary male nurse.