Rehabilitating Stroke Patients With Stimulation and Robots - Dr. Matthew Fink
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Channel: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital · 2009 · Science & Technology
Dr. Matthew Fink, the Chief of the Division of Stroke and Critical Care Neurology at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City, discusses two emerging therapies, often used in tandem, to help stroke patients regain their lost ability to move limbs. Both techniques encourage the brain to grow new cells, which facilitate movement. With the first technique, physicians stimulate the surface of the brain with either electrical or magnetic current. In the second technique, robots are used to repeatedly move a limb, also sparking the brain to grow new cells.
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