Category: Brain injury

Combining two techniques to ‘rewire’ the brain may improve arm, hand movement for stroke survivors

Ashley March 8, 2016 Comments Off

From the Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins media release: Used in combination, two innovative rehabilitation approaches can promote better long-term recovery of arm and hand movement function in stroke… Read more »

Task-oriented rehab program does not result in greater recovery from stroke

Ashley February 19, 2016 Comments Off

From the JAMA Network Journals media release: The use of a structured, task-oriented rehabilitation program, compared with usual rehabilitation, did not result in better motor function or recovery after 12 months… Read more »

What goes wrong in the brain when someone can’t spell

Ashley February 10, 2016 Comments Off

From the Johns Hopkins University media release: By studying stroke victims who have lost the ability to spell, researchers have pinpointed the parts of the brain that control how we write… Read more »

Technique helps predict likelihood of migraines in concussion patients

Ashley February 4, 2016 Comments Off

From the Radiological Society of North America media release: Researchers are using a mathematical tool to help determine which concussion patients will go on to suffer migraine headaches, according to a… Read more »

Aerobic exercise benefits patients with Parkinson’s disease

Ashley January 26, 2016 Comments Off

From the Mayo Clinic media release: You’ve likely heard this before: Exercise is good for you. It helps your heart, bones, back and more. But here’s one thing you might… Read more »

Less physically mature ice hockey players have prolonged concussion symptoms

Ashley January 25, 2016 Comments Off

From the Lifespan media release: A study led by a Hasbro Children’s Hospital sports medicine physician found that male student ice hockey players in earlier pubertal stages had a significantly increased… Read more »

Blood test identifies brain damage from concussion in ice hockey

Ashley January 25, 2016 Comments Off

From the Expertsvar media release: Half way into last year’s season, 35 of 288 players in the Swedish Hockey League had already had a concussion. Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy, who surveyed… Read more »

Less physically mature ice hockey players have prolonged concussion symptoms

Ashley January 21, 2016 Comments Off

Chances of good outcome after stroke reduced by delays in restoring blood flow

Ashley December 30, 2015 Comments Off

From the The JAMA Network Journals media release: Delays in restoring blood flow after a stroke were associated with decreased benefits of intra-arterial clot-busting treatment and reduced chances for a good… Read more »

Physical activity may leave the brain more open to change

Ashley December 22, 2015 Comments Off

From the Cell Press media release: Learning, memory, and brain repair depend on the ability of our neurons to change with experience. Now, researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal… Read more »