LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — Home-based physical therapy to improve the strength and balance of stroke survivors works about as well to get them walking again as treadmill training done in a physical therapy lab, according to the results of a study prese…
CENTENNIAL, CO — October 18, 2010 — A survey released today by National Stroke Association shows that 53 percent of stroke survivor respondents suffer from symptoms of another neurologic condition called pseudobulbar affect (PBA), a condition th…
About 40 percent of stroke survivors suffer serious falls within a year of stroke and now research may point to a possible explanation: balance problems while getting dressed, researchers report in today’s rapid access issue of Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. Previous research indicates that stroke survivors are four times more likely than others to suffer a hip fracture during a fall, which can slow rehabilitation and open the door to new complications.