A new technique uses a glove on the unaffected hand to send electrical stimulation to nerves in the stroke-affected hand. Researchers report that the best improvement was noted in patients who had ...

A robotic therapy device may help people regain strength and normal use of affected hands long after a stroke, according to a University of California, Irvine study. A robotic therapy device may help ...

Initial rehabilitation therapy for many stroke victims may focus on regaining the ability to walk. But when hands also are affected, therapy focused only on the legs can leave hand muscles contracted, ...

Stroke survivors showed improved hand dexterity more when using a new electrical stimulation therapy compared to an existing stimulation technique, said researchers from the MetroHealth System, ...

One of the most common effects of strokes are hemiplegia, a partial paralysis occurring in the left or right side of the body. When it occurs in the arm or hand, it is especially devastating to a ...

Hundreds of thousands of Americans survive strokes each year only to find they have trouble walking, talking or working, dependent on others for the most basic tasks. Many patients with weakness or ...

Adding transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) after stroke offered no additional benefit in improving upper extremity function, new research ...

Recovering stroke patients may soon have a new device to help them work on regaining control of their hands without help from a physical therapist. It’s a medical device in the form of a glove, and ...

VIENNA, Austria — Bilateral priming facilitates upper-limb rehabilitation and accelerates recovery after stroke, a new study shows. Through the use of a mechanical device designed for that purpose, ...

Trouble speaking and understanding, paralysis or numbness, headache, those are all symptoms of a stroke. A KELOLAND woman says she remembers the exact moment she began suffering from one. “It was a ...