Open AccessNew Modalities and Approaches in Stroke Rehabilitation
Author(s) -
Hilda Mahmoudi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
galen medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2588-2767
pISSN - 2322-2379
DOI - 10.31661/gmj.v5is1.591
Subject(s) - rehabilitation , medicine , transcranial magnetic stimulation , physical medicine and rehabilitation , modalities , stroke (engine) , task (project management) , neurorehabilitation , therapeutic modalities , treatment modality , physical therapy , stimulation , engineering , surgery , systems engineering , mechanical engineering , social science , sociology
During recent years, our understanding of recovery after stroke has changed dramatically. As a result, some new approaches and technologies have emerged to help stroke survivors improve even years after the accident. I am trying to introduce some of the most recent and scientifically investigated approaches and technologies used in stroke rehabilitation. Technologies and approaches such as intensive task-specific approach, repetitive Transcranial magnetic stimulation, transcranial direct current stimulation, virtual reality rehabilitation, robotic rehabilitation.