If you encourage patients coming back from stroke to exercise, you're doing the right thing. Regular physical activity can help improve recovery and reduce the risk for another stroke. But emerging ...

On 16 October 2022, at the age of 42 years, sitting in my car at a parking lot, my left arm and leg suddenly became fully paralysed, and I could not speak anymore. I realised this could be a stroke, ...

Cardiorespiratory exercise after ischemic stroke had benefits on cognition but not brain volume in a randomized controlled study conducted in Australia. In the PISCES-ZODIAC trial, an 8-week ...

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Oct. 13 (UPI) --While a stroke doubles a person's risk for dementia, a new study suggests that fairly intensive exercise can improve cognitive function in adults who are several months into recovery.

David Gerfen slips on a headset and finds himself in a food truck, tasked with assembling a cheese-and-tomato sandwich to order. Transported to another virtual environment, Gerfen has to use one hand ...

Sarah Stollberg got her start in physical therapy at a rural nursing home in Mississippi. She saw it all: post-op care, hip fractures and stroke patients. Now in Metairie, Stollberg specializes in ...

Stroke is one of the leading causes of serious and complex adult disability; anyone reading this could be the next stroke ...

New training is set to help healthcare providers with the Richmond Ambulance Authority (RAA) diagnose stroke patients more ...

Every year, more than 795,000 Americans have a stroke—and more than half of survivors develop swallowing difficulties. Left untreated, this serious medical condition called dysphagia can cause ...

Stroke patients who walk more during rehab benefit from the added exercise Patients leave the hospital with better quality of ...