Electrical brain stimulation could boost benefits of stroke rehabilitation

Source: The Guardian

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Date of publication: 16^th March  2016

Publication type: News article

In a nutshell:

Electrical brain stimulation could benefit stroke patients by boosting the effects of rehabilitation therapy, new research suggests.

Writing in the journal Science Translational Medicine, the authors reveal that patients who were given electrical brain stimulation during a rehabilitation programme performed better on a range of tasks than those taking part in the rehabilitation programme.

“It is an exciting message because there is so much frustration about people not reaching their true recovery potential,” said Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg, an author of the study from the University of Oxford, highlighting the fact that the cost of programmes and limited availability of therapists often restricts the amount of rehabilitation offered to patients.

Length of publication: Online article

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