Researchers at the UK’s University of Hertfordshire and a team of European partners have developed a prototype of a robotic glove which stroke sufferers can use in their own home to support rehabilitation and personal independence in receiving therapies.
One-third of the US population does not have access to a primary stroke centre within one hour by ambulance, and even under optimal conditions, a large proportion of the population would be unable to access a stroke centre within this window, according to a new study published in Neurology.
A preliminary study conducted by researchers funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering may improve predictions of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).
People who sleep more than eight hours a night may have an increased risk of stroke, according to a new study published in an online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Among patients with oral anticoagulation-associated intracerebral haemorrhage, reversal of international normalised ratio (INR) below a certain level within four hours and systolic blood pressure less than 160mmHg at four hours were associated with lower rates of enlargement, and resumption of anticoagulant therapy was associated with a lower risk of ischaemic events without increased bleeding complications, according to a study in JAMA.
In early use of the Medina coil system, researchers have found the device to be a next generation coil that combines the familiar procedural safety and technique associated with conventional coils, with improved circumferential aneurysm filling, which, they say, it is thought will lead to improved long-term outcomes.
Initial experience with PulseRider (Pulsar Vascular) has shown the device to be safe and effective as an adjunct in the treatment of bifurcation aneurysms arising at the basilar apex or carotid terminus according to a report of the first three cases in the USA published in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery.
InVivo Therapeutics has reopened subject enrolment for the company’s ongoing pilot trial of its investigational Neuro-Spinal Scaffold in patients with acute spinal cord injury. To date, there have been no reported serious safety events with the study’s first subject, and InVivo has been cleared by the Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) to move forward with the study.
Researchers at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Toxicology Unit have identified a protective mechanism that activates when body temperature is lowered, initiating a process that prevents the loss of brain cells and the connections between them.
Researchers have identified a beneficial immune response that occurs after injury to the central nervous system. By harnessing this response, researchers may be able to develop new and better treatments for brain and spinal cord injuries, and tools to predict how patients will respond to treatment, thus improving treatment of degenerative conditions.
Results from a preliminary study indicate that among patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, treatment with nonmyeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (low intensity stem cell transplantation) was associated with improvement in measures of disability and quality of life, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
InVivo Therapeutics has announced a three-month update for the first subject in the company’s ongoing pilot trial of its investigational Neuro-Spinal Scaffold in subjects with acute spinal cord injury. The Neuro-Spinal Scaffold was implanted in the subject in October 2014 at the Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, USA by Nicholas Theodore, chief of spinal surgery.
Research presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference (Nashville, USA, 11–13 February, 2015) suggests that a new device inserted into small ruptured brain aneurysms significantly improved healing of ruptured aneurysms compared to a standard device. The original clinical study (HydroCoil Endovascular aneurysm occlusion and Packing Study or HELPS) was funded by MicroVention.
A recently completed National Institutes of Health-funded trial confirms the efficacy of blood flow measurement technology from VasSol to predict the possibility of repeated stroke in at-risk individuals.
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) and Medtronic plc have agreed a collaboration to reduce the rate of recurrent strokes in the USA. The two organisations will work together over several years to educate, raise awareness and support effective management of patients who have strokes. The initiative, announced at the American Stroke Association’s annual International Stroke Conference (10–12 February, Nashville, Tennessee) will focus on reducing strokes of unknown cause—cryptogenic stroke.
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