Cerebrovascular stroke is the third leading cause of disability-adjusted life years worldwide. Majority of patients affected by stroke survive the initial event but continue to live with significant disability for years. Therefore, with the advancements in acute stroke interventions, researchers are focusing on recovery and rehabilitation treatment, to enhance the quality of post-stroke life. The target of potentially restorative therapies is to maximize the functions of surviving neurons and improve compensatory approaches.
Early and rigorous physical rehabilitation is critical, to help the stroke recovery as well as to prevent a second event of a stroke. To enhance the stroke rehabilitation therapy a novel study was carried out evaluating the safety and feasibility of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in combination with the conventional rehabilitation methods. The outcome was studied on…
