Robotic technology improves stroke rehabilitation
Wednesday, December 3, 2008 - 05:10
in Health & Medicine
Research scientists using a novel, hand-operated robotic device and functional MRI (fMRI) have found that chronic stroke patients can be rehabilitated, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). This is the first study using fMRI to map the brain in order to track stroke rehabilitation...
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