Recent evidence indicates that the brain can remodel after stroke, primarily through
synaptogenesis. Task-specific and repetitive exercise appear to be key factors in promoting …

OBJECTIVE Up to 50% of the nearly 800,000 patients who experience a new or recurrent
stroke each year in the United States fail to achieve full independence afterward. More …

Motor dysfunction, the most common clinical accompaniment of stroke, is associated with
functional disability, and is a major concern of patients and family. Although current …

Abstract Purpose of Review: Rehabilitation is an important aspect of the continuum of care in
stroke. With advances in the acute treatment of stroke, more patients will survive stroke with …

Stroke remains a leading cause of adult disability and the demand for stroke rehabilitation
services is growing. Substantial advances are yet to be made in stroke rehabilitation practice …

Stroke is one of the leading causes for disability worldwide. Motor function deficits due to
stroke affect the patients' mobility, their limitation in daily life activities, their participation in …

Background Recent review of the available evidence on interventions for motor recovery
after stroke, showed that improvements in recovery of arm function were seen for constraint …

The field of neurorehabilitation aims to translate neuroscience research toward the goal of
maximizing functional recovery after neurological injury. A growing body of research …

Objective To investigate the effects of various rehabilitative interventions aimed at
enhancing poststroke motor recovery by assessing their effectiveness when compared with …

This review article discusses current research developments in functional recovery after
stroke. With the institutionalization of stroke services across health care facilities, a reduction …