When it comes to stroke survivors, the journey to recovery is often accompanied by various challenges, and one prevalent issue is the experience of double vision. Understanding why this phenomenon ...
Double vision — clinically identified as diplopia — stands as a perplexing and formidable condition, especially for those individuals who have undergone the daunting experience of a stroke. The ...
Each year, thousands of stroke survivors are left with hemianopia, a condition that causes loss of half of their visual field (the “vertical midline”). Hemianopia severely affects daily activities ...
In the US, someone has a stroke every 45 seconds. Around one-third of these strokes are recurrent and a significant amount of those strokes lead to death. Returning to previous levels of activity ...
A landmarking brain stimulation technique offers faster and accurate rewiring of brain communication networks, enhancing vision recovery in stroke affected people suffering from hemianopia. Over ...
Scientists from Rochester Institute of Technology and the University of Rochester aim to use virtual reality to help restore vision for people with stroke-induced blindness. The team of researchers ...
If you encourage patients coming back from stroke to exercise, you're doing the right thing. Regular physical activity can help improve recovery and reduce the risk for another stroke. But emerging ...
Starting aerobic exercise just two months after a stroke is safe and may help protect thinking skills, according to new research. The study provides fresh hope for stroke survivors that they can ...