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Stroke patients may benefit from brain stimulation
In a small trial, deep brain stimulation plus physical therapy helped improve upper limb function in some patients who had impaired movement after a stroke.
Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - September 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

What Are Some Risk Factors for Cerebral Palsy?
Discussion The term, cerebral palsy, or CP has gone through many iterations with the first description in 1861 by W.J. Little who described it as “The condition of spastic rigidity of the limbs of newborn children.” The most recent definition is from Rosenbaun et al. in 2007 which states it is “a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitation, that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain. The motor disorders of cerebral palsy are often accompanied by disturbances of sensation, perception, cog...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - March 9, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Deep brain stimulation of the cerebellum for poststroke motor rehabilitation: from laboratory to clinical trial.
Abstract Ischemic stroke is a leading cause of disability worldwide, with profound economic costs. Poststroke motor impairment is the most commonly encountered deficit resulting in significant disability and is the primary driver of stroke-associated healthcare expenditures. Although many patients derive some degree of benefit from physical rehabilitation, a significant proportion continue to suffer from persistent motor impairment. Noninvasive brain stimulation, vagal nerve stimulation, epidural cortical stimulation, and deep brain stimulation (DBS) have all been studied as potential modalities to improve upon th...
Source: Neurosurgical Focus - August 1, 2018 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Wathen CA, Frizon LA, Maiti TK, Baker KB, Machado AG Tags: Neurosurg Focus Source Type: research

Here & #039;s the Secret Behind Boston Scientific & #039;s New DBS Device
Unlike traditional deep brain stimulation (DBS) systems that are built from pacemaker technology, Boston Scientific's Vercise DBS is modeled from cochlear implant technology and the precise stimulation of auditory nerves it uses to replicate hearing. The device is now FDA approved for the treatment of Parkinson's disease symptoms, the company announced this week. "The cochlear implant technology, when you think about it, is really designed and engineered to precisely stimulate the auditory nerves to produce a sense of hearing," Maulik Nanavaty, a senior vice president at Boston Scientific and president of the company's ne...
Source: MDDI - December 12, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Amanda Pedersen Tags: Implants Source Type: news