HOUSTON – Almost half of stroke survivors can experience spasticity, meaning their muscles get tighter and tighter until they lose the ability to move. RELATED: How one program is helping brain trauma ...

When it comes to treating the after effects of a stroke -- Botox wouldn't usually be the top of mind, but one local hospital is using injections to relax muscles and help stroke survivors move easier.

A seismic shift is underway in how experts view functional recovery after a stroke. For years, the prevailing belief was that regaining limb mobility beyond 6 months was nearly impossible, as damaged ...

LOS ANGELES -- A course of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) did not help with post-stroke motor recovery when tested in a larger multicenter randomized trial. Among stroke survivors 1-6 ...

Imagine your brain as a bustling city with millions of interconnected highways carrying information at lightning speed. Now picture what happens when a major earthquake hits, destroying some of those ...

Specialized physical therapy plays a defining role in post-stroke recovery, influencing mobility, independence and long-term quality of life. For health care leaders and clinicians, referral decisions ...

Nirupama Yechoor, MD, MSC, of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the senior author of a paper published in JAMA Network Open, "Coherence of Stroke Survivors' Lived ...