Children with cerebral palsy can gain greater use of an impaired arm and hand with larger doses of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) – without increasing stress for parents – results from the CHAMP Study suggest.
Strength training is associated with improvements in muscle strength, gait speed, balance, and gross motor function in children and adolescents with spastic cerebral palsy, according to study results published in Clinical Rehabilitation, per Neurology Advisor.
Motion Project Foundation Inc announces the grand opening of the first and only Western New York facility helping individuals with neuromuscular conditions such as spinal cord injuries: The Natalie Barnhard Center for Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation and Recovery.
Spinal cord injuries have a profound effect on all aspects of a person’s life, including its most intimate parts, Timothy Kilbride, PT, DPT, writes, in this feature for the Fall 2021 Rehab Management Product Guide.
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PTC Therapeutics Inc announces the three recipients who will receive funding through the company’s STRIVE Awards program. The global STRIVE Awards program provides grants to non-profit organizations serving the Duchenne muscular dystrophy community.
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Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation (CPARF) kicks off its fifth annual US-based STEPtember campaign to raise funds and awareness for cerebral palsy research.
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Burke Rehabilitation Hospital announces it received a $50,000 grant award from The Thomas and Agnes Carvel Foundation to support the creation and implementation of a Neurological Music Therapy Program.
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September marks “National Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Month,” an annual observance that raises awareness and drives critical fundraising for families across the nation who are living with muscular dystrophy, ALS, and related neuromuscular diseases.
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Georgetown University researchers looking at reading ability of stroke patients found that knowing which region of the brain was impacted by the stroke could help target rehab efforts.
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Exoskeleton-assisted rehabilitation can be beneficial in treating stroke survivors, according to researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), in the Journal of Neural Engineering.
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Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can increase the benefits of aerobic exercise and improve the gait of patients with Parkinson’s disease immediately after a session, researchers suggest, in Neurorehabilitation & Neural Repair.
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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the MicroTransponder Vivistim Paired VNS System, a drug-free rehabilitation system intended to treat moderate to severe upper extremity motor deficits associated with chronic ischemic stroke using vagus nerve stimulation.
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Researchers in Mount Sinai Health System’s Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance have received a $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study whether a first-of-its-kind brain implant can help restore function in severely paralyzed patients and improve their ability to communicate.
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Adults younger than age 60 whose days are filled with sedentary leisure time and little physical activity have a higher stroke risk than people who are more physically active, according to new research published recently in Stroke.
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Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) made a splash with a surfing trip for young patients on Long Island in August, it reports.
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Children and adolescents are at risk of developing serious neurological complications from COVID-19 that require hospitalization, according to a recent study, Medical University of South Carolina reports.
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Black COVID-19 patients are more likely to have experienced strokes prior to their diagnosis than their non-Black counterparts, according to a study by Penn State College of Medicine researchers, published in the Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases.
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Helius Medical Technologies Inc has received Breakthrough Designation from the US Food and Drug Administration for its PoNS device as a temporary treatment of dynamic gait and balance deficits due to symptoms from stroke, it announces.
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