A woman initially thought her car brakes had failed, but soon realized the problem was that her right foot and the entire right side of her body was paralyzed. "I knew what was happening straight away ...

Stroke recovery represents one of the most challenging yet hopeful journeys in medicine. While the brain damage from a stroke cannot be reversed, the remarkable ability of the human brain to rewire ...

When examining recovery during the first year after an ischemic stroke, a new study has found for daily tasks such as eating, dressing and driving, female participants experienced slightly worse ...

A seismic shift is underway in how experts view functional recovery after a stroke. For years, the prevailing belief was that regaining limb mobility beyond 6 months was nearly impossible, as damaged ...

You may be familiar with the common signs and symptoms of a stroke: loss of vision, drooping face, weak limbs, and slurred speech. But what happens during the recovery phase, once a patient has spent ...

Each year, thousands of stroke survivors are left with hemianopia, a condition that causes loss of half of their visual field (the “vertical midline”). Hemianopia severely affects daily activities ...

For people with ischemic stroke, treatment with the clot-busting drug tenecteplase is associated with a slightly higher likelihood of an excellent recovery and reduced disability three months later ...

A progressively higher-intensity walking exercise program combined with standard physical therapy significantly improved the quality of life and mobility in stroke survivors, according to a ...

Nirupama Yechoor, MD, MSC, of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the senior author of a paper published in JAMA Network Open, “Coherence of Stroke Survivors’ Lived ...

Recent research has revealed compelling evidence supporting tenecteplase as a more effective treatment for ischemic strokes compared to traditional alteplase therapy. This discovery could mark a major ...