Is this the new model for stroke rehabilitation?
A UK study suggests meaningful improvements are possible long after stroke
21st February 2019
By Clare Pain
Stroke patients with arm paresis can achieve lasting functional improvement many months after their stroke when they go through an intensive rehabilitation program, a UK study suggests.
A study of a London hospital program challenged beliefs that chronic stroke patients could not cope with very intense intervention, the researchers say.
The program, run by the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (known as Queen Square), delivers the rehabilitation six hours a day, five days a week for three consecutive weeks,