A new kind of rehabilitation therapy for people who have had a stroke that electrically stimulates muscles while they exercise has helped improve their arm function in a small trial. The treatment ...

If you encourage patients coming back from stroke to exercise, you're doing the right thing. Regular physical activity can help improve recovery and reduce the risk for another stroke. But emerging ...

Starting aerobic exercise just two months after a stroke is safe and may help protect thinking skills, according to new research. The study provides fresh hope for stroke survivors that they can ...

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Fun fact: The shoulder joint is the most flexible joint in the body because of its ball-and-socket structure, which allows for a wide range of movements. Shoulder mobility exercises and stretches can ...

Stroke patients who walk more during rehab benefit from the added exercise Patients leave the hospital with better quality of ...