Neurorehabilitation

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced completion of enrollment for a global, phase 3 clinical trial of AMX0035, an oral, fixed-dose medication for ALS.

I went into optometry to help patients with severe developmental delays who could not speak for themselves.

A sensor-equipped computer program was nearly 80% effective in identifying and counting arm movements in patients undergoing stroke rehabilitation, researchers from NYU Grossman School of Medicine announced.

In a company press release, Blackrock Neurotech announced the acquisition of spatial computing software firm MindX to bolster its development of technologically advanced brain-computer interface products.

PHILADELPHIA — An endovascular brain-computer interface allowed those who are paralyzed to perform computer-based activities, according to a presenter at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons annual meeting.

Veteran patients and health care providers felt complementary and integrative medicine was a safe addition to mainstream treatment options for headache management, researchers reported in BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies.

Patients with stroke may benefit from more intensive motor rehabilitation at 60 to 90 days after stroke onset, according to results of a phase 2 clinical trial published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The FDA approved the Vivistim System, a drug-free rehabilitation system using vagus nerve stimulation for treating moderate and severe upper extremity mobility loss caused by chronic ischemic stroke.

Most individuals who became comatose after moderate or severe traumatic brain injury regained consciousness, including those who regained consciousness during rehabilitation, according to findings from a cohort study.

A longitudinal study quantifying neuroplasticity in the ipsilesional and contralesional human motor cortex following a stroke demonstrated “a period of enhanced synaptic plasticity” that was strongest about 2 weeks after the event.