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Robotic brace for stroke recovery

At age 32, Maggie Fermental suffered a stroke that left her right side paralyzed. After a year and a half of conventional treatment with minimal results, she tried a new kind of robotic treatment developed by MIT engineers. A study to appear in the April 2007 issue of the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation shows that the device, which helped Fermental, also had positive results for five other severe stroke patients in a pilot clinical trial……..

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    Robotic brace for stroke recovery

    At age 32, Maggie Fermental suffered a stroke that left her right side paralyzed. After a year and a half of conventional treatment with minimal results, she tried a new kind of robotic treatment developed by MIT engineers. A study to appear in the April 2007 issue of the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation shows that the device, which helped Fermental, also had positive results for five other severe stroke patients in a pilot clinical trial……..

    Original post by Health news from medicineworld.org

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    Related Articles
  • NTD Equine Brace Advanced Orthopedic leg Brace Technology
  • The need for speed in stroke treatment
  • Obesity and risk of stroke
  • Robotic Surgery Means Faster Recovery from Prostate Cancer (Prostate Cancer Awareness Week Sept. 19-25)
  • Screening for stroke risk factors
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