Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Compensatory rehabilitation limits motor recovery after stroke

How does your doctor reconcile this:

but high-intensity strength training on the less-affected side could have remarkable potential for helping recover mobility after a stroke, new UVic research indicates.

Magic for Stroke Patients: The One-Sided Workout


with this new information:

Compensatory rehabilitation limits motor recovery after stroke

2 comments:

  1. My physiatrist insisted that any strengthening exercise must be done on both sides, but I never asked him why. Too bad I haven't always done that.

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  2. I wonder if the fact that one study was done on intentionally injured rats (for experimental purposes), and the other used humans who actually had strokes, has anything to do with the discrepancy.

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