People who drink a moderate amount of coffee and tea per day have a lower risk of stroke and dementia, according to a new study. Experts say this is one of a number of benefits of daily consumption of coffee or tea, reports Healthline.
A UCLA-led study using 3D-printed "blood vessels" aims to identify a possible link between coronavirus and stroke. The study was published in Stroke.
Stroke patients admitted to rural hospitals over the weekend may be at higher risk of death, according to new research from University of Georgia researchers, in Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases.
Severely overweight people are less likely to be able to re-wire their brains and find new neural pathways, a discovery that could have significant implications for people recovering from a stroke or brain injury.
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Researchers testing the ReWalk ReStore soft robotic exosuit for gait training in individuals undergoing post-stroke rehabilitation suggest it is safe and reliable during treadmill and overground walking under the supervision of physical therapists.
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Telemedicine may be the new normal moving forward. It could also work for people recovering from a stroke, according to researchers.
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Patients experiencing stroke symptoms must be encouraged to seek medical care despite their fear of catching catching SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, researchers advise.
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Deep brain stimulation followed with a specific type of physical therapy can help stroke and Parkinson’s disease patients improve their motor skills and do tasks important to their daily lives, according to Mahidol University’s Faculty of Physical Therapy, in Bangkok Post.
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Engineers have developed a lightweight, motorless device that can be attached to an ankle foot orthosis (AFO) and aid stroke patients in their rehabilitation, improving their walking and preventing falls.
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Gait and balance technology manufacturers offer a guided tour of their latest devices for treating post-stroke and neurological patients. A feature for the June/July 2020 issue of Physical Therapy Products magazine.
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Acute ischemic strokes (AIS) associated with COVID-19 are more severe, lead to worse functional outcomes and are associated with higher mortality, according to a new study in Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association.
Read MoreEkso Bionics Holdings Inc announces it has received 501(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its EksoNR robotic exoskeleton for use with patients with acquired brain injury (ABI).
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People living in rural areas are less likely to get the most advanced treatments for stroke and are more likely to die in the hospital than those treated for stroke at hospitals in urban areas, according to a study published recently in Stroke.
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While studies in the early 2000s showed that women were 30% less likely to receive clot-busting treatment for a stroke than men, a new meta-analysis of recent studies published in Neurology suggests that the gap has narrowed to 13%.
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ReWalk Robotics Ltd has finalized and moved to implement two separate agreements to distribute additional product lines in the United States market. These include telehealth-capable stroke rehabilitation devices as well as clinic and home use devices for persons with spinal cord injury.
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Young patients with no risk factors for stroke may have an increased risk if they have contracted COVID-19, whether or not they are showing symptoms of the disease, researchers note.
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Telerehabilitation is safe and may offer functional benefits comparable to those of outpatient rehabilitation for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and impaired mobility. Telerehabilitation also saves time and travel cost, compared with outpatient rehabilitation.
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High tech may not always be the way to go for post-stroke patients who want to walk again. The back of a fine horse, as it turns out, is a pretty effective rehab technology for gait and balance.
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