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Clinical Study Shows Gains in Arm Movement Years after a Stroke
A major clinical study has found that stroke survivors can show modest yet meaningful gains in limb movement and an improved outlook on life years after suffering a stroke. The paper, published online in the New England Journal of Medicine, provides the best evidence yet that stroke sufferers in a controlled study can regain limb movement long after an injury, through intensive therapy.
“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.”
The three-year randomized control trial by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs enrolled 127 veterans at four VA sites. All had suffered a stroke at least six months earlier and had moderate to severe impairment of an arm. On average, the strokes had occurred nearly five years before; one-third of the victims had suffered multiple strokes. Patients typically get rehabilitation therapy only during the first six months or so after a stroke. Conventional thinking has been that long-term stroke survivors cannot accrue additional meaningful benefits after that time. Recent studies, though, have begun to suggest otherwise.
See source http://www.bmedreport.com/archives/11813
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