October 15, 2008 (Vienna, Austria) — Mirror therapy, a strategy that has been used successfully to treat phantom pain after amputation, may promote recovery from hemiplegia after a stroke, a new study ...

Mirror therapy (MT) has emerged as a promising intervention for stroke rehabilitation by harnessing the brain’s plasticity to improve motor recovery. This technique employs visual feedback through a ...

Mirror box therapy was initially developed by V. S. Ramachandran. The purpose of this new medical device was to try to reduce what was described as “phantom limb pain.” Mirror box therapy is defined ...

A year ago, John Nute couldn’t brush his teeth with his left arm, drive with both hands or peel shrimp. A stroke in 2013 had immobilized much the left side of his body. He’d lost the job he loved ...

Antidepressant treatment appears to help stroke survivors with the kind of complex mental abilities often referred to as "thinking outside the box," according to a University of Iowa study. The ...

In the second quarter of this year, AMED has helped UPMC Altoona put up good numbers for rapid treatment of heart attacks and stroke, according to AMED officials. All of about 30 cases in which AMED ...