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Lemon juice 01 cup
Ginger juice 01 cup
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Biotech Division
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New findings show that robot assisted devices can help patients regain limb movement years after suffering a stroke. Though the gains from robotic assistance for stroke rehabilitation were modest, the findings show that robot-assisted therapy produced statistically significant improved quality of life in patients who underwent therapy in the study.

"There are about 6.4 million stroke patients in the U.S. with chronic deficits. We've shown that with the right therapy, they can see improvements in movement, everyday function, and quality of life," said Albert Lo, assistant professor of neurology at Brown University and the study's lead author. "This is giving stroke survivors new hope." Lo explains, "One of the purposes of this study was to upend the conventional dogma that stroke victims can't recover physiological function.”

Over a period of three months, three times a week, twelve patients underwent robot assisted therapy for rehabilitation of upper limb movement. Robots guided arm movements of the upper limbs to provide more intensive exercise than administered by therapists. The two therapies were compared. A Third group received “usual” health care with no specific therapy for stroke rehabilitation.

At the end of treatment, improvement of 8 points was noted on the Stroke Impact Scale that includes measurement of hand function, strength, ability to perform activities of daily living, communication, and memory. After six months, compared to stroke patients receiving usual care, there was a 3 point improvement on the Fugl-Meyer Scale that measures recovery after stroke in the robot assisted group.

“We believe that by gaining more function and better control of their affected arms, patients were able to get out and do more, translating their motor benefits into additional meaningful social activity and participation," said Lo, also a neurologist at the Providence VA Medical Center.

The robot used is called the MIT-Manus. Veterans were enrolled in the study, all of whom had suffered stroke at least six months prior to enrolling in the robot assisted stroke rehabilitation study. All had moderate to severe impairment of upper limb use. One third had suffered several strokes, and the average time since stroke occurrence was five years.MGH study indicates rehabilitation is possible many months after stroke; Patients use robotic technology to regain brain function.(Massachusetts General Hospital): An article from: Mind, Mood & Memory

Using robot-assisted therapy for stroke rehabilitation is gaining momentum. Neuroplasticity — the ability of the adult brain to "rewire" itself – is a compensatory mechanism responsible for the ability of patients to recover use of their limbs even years after suffering a stroke. Robot assisted therapy is shown by the study to improve quality of life and help stroke victims regain use of their limbs through more intense therapy than conventional stroke rehabilitation.


A new computer-based vision restoration therapy for stroke victims who have suffered partial vision loss has been developed by Scottish scientists.

Researchers at the University of Aberdeen have designed an interactive program that can help sufferers of partial vision loss (hemianopia), which is caused by damage to the visual pathways in the brain after a stroke.

Their Neuro-Eye Therapy (NeET) uses a medical device called the Vision Rehabilitation ProgramTM to repeatedly stimulate blind areas of vision using on-screen patterns.

Clinical trials have shown that the benefits of the treatment, which mimics the principals of physiotherapy, include:

* improved detection of moving/flickering objects in the blind areas
* Increased navigation skills
* Improved reading ability
* Increased concentration span

The program is available now from the Sight Science unit at the University of Aberdeen.

Dr Arash Sahraie, Reader in Visual Neuroscience at the University of Aberdeen, explained: "The basic principles behind Neuro-Eye Therapy are similar to those of physiotherapy following a stroke. If muscles are affected following brain injury, patients are asked to repeat a pattern of limb movements in order to improve their mobility.

"In the same way, after daily use of the Vision Rehabilitation ProgramTM over a six month period, patients have reported an improvement in their sight as well as a range of other benefits, including being able to get about more easily, both inside and outside their homes, and finding reading much less of a struggle."

Those that stand to benefit from the therapy include the 7,500 people in the UK and 55,000 in Europe that suffer partial loss of sight every year after a stroke, as well as the tens of thousands of pre-existing cases of those with vision loss caused by brain damage.

"The device used in Neuro-Eye Therapy is simple to set up in the home or office and requires no prior expertise or experience of computer use," said Dr Sahraie.

"The daily task involves looking at a computer screen and deciding whether or not an image is presented within the blind area by pressing a button. Initially patients can only guess whether the image was presented, but over time patients experience an improvement in their vision."

As a result of his work, Dr Sahraie has been short-listed for the The Gannochy Trust Innovation Award of the Royal Society of Edinburgh – Scotland's top award for innovation. The winner takes home a cash prize of £50,000 and will be announced in October.

Further information regarding the therapy can be found at www.abdn.ac.uk/sightscience or by calling 01224 273863.
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