VA Study Shows Improved Function Years After a Stroke

Clinical study shows patients gain limb movement years after stroke 04/17/2010.  Patients show modest yet meaningful gains in limb movement and an improved outlook on life years after suffering a stroke, a major clinical study has found. The paper, published online this week in the New England Journal of Medicine (free online), provides the best evidence yet that stroke sufferers in a controlled study can regain limb movement long after an injury, through intensive therapy with specially trained personnel and newly created robotic aids.  The three-year randomized control trial by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs enrolled 127 veterans at four VA sites.   Brown University via PhyOrg.com