Phase I trial shows promise: Brain stimulation spurs upper-extremity recovery in stroke patients
Researchers performed an open-label phase I trial.
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Researchers performed an open-label phase I trial.
The median time to transfer stroke patients from the emergency department to an appropriate treatment site was 174 minutes, longer than the recommended 120 minutes, researchers report.
A small pilot study shows DBS to be both safe and efficacious in reducing motor impairment and improving recovery of upper limb function after stroke.
There is new evidence that bolsters a possible link between e-cigarette use and increased risk of stroke, according to researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Researchers at Cleveland Clinic has shown that using deep brain stimulation (DBS) in post-stroke rehabilitation patients has encouraging results.