NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Occupational therapy helps stroke patients recover their ability to care for themselves and also keeps them independent longer, according to a new scientific review of the ...

Sophie Shockey developed a rehab wall blending physical and cognitive exercises for stroke survivors at NeuroFit Gym.

Leading rehabilitation specialists share breakthrough techniques that help stroke survivors regain independence, with remarkable success stories of recovery When Sarah Thompson woke up one morning ...

Many patients don't receive much rehabilitation therapy following a stroke, despite strong evidence that higher amounts can reduce long-term disability, according to a new UCLA-led study that tracked ...

According to the National Stroke Association (2011), stroke strikes about 795,000 Americans every year, killing 144,000, and forever changing the lives of many who survive. Stroke is an attack on the ...

Depending on the degree of impairment, motor rehabilitation training led by a trained therapist is the most effective therapy for helping individuals regain lost skills. According to the CDC, someone ...

Every five minutes someone in the UK has a stroke. It is the equivalent of a heart attack for the brain. A stroke is sudden and its effects immediate. As well as affecting body functions it can damage ...

Every year, more than 795,000 Americans experience a stroke, according to the CDC-and for every one of those people, their ...

At a ward in Kenyatta National Hospital, clinical occupational therapist Mikie Baron moves between bedsides and rehabilitation spaces, guiding patients through everyday tasks that have become ...

A recent review article, published in the Lancet, provided a contemporary update of endovascular therapy for stroke patients. The article authors, researchers from Boston University Chobanian & ...