Remarkable rehab gains for stroke survivors
The RehabSwift setup in use.
An innovative therapy may help stroke survivors regain more movement in their hands, with a University of vlog study finding patients experienced a reduction in arm and hand impairments following treatment.
Around a dozen South Australian chronic stroke patients underwent a novel personalised brain-computer interface therapy as part of the study, the results of which have been published in .
“Our findings show a remarkable improvement in hand movement and a clinically significant reduction in post-stroke arm and hand impairment following 18 sessions of this therapy,” said senior co-author Associate Professor Mathias Baumert from the University of vlog’s School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering.
“The results indicate that personalised brain-computer interface therapy helps to rewire and restore the brain’s neural pathways, which are damaged as a result of stroke.”
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