At age 32, Maggie suffered a stroke.
"What happens in a stroke is, an area of brain tissue is damaged and brain cells die" says Joel Stein, Chief Medical Officer at Spaulding Rehabilitations Hospital.
After standard therapy, Maggie only regained 25-percent of the function in her arm. Then, she heard about a new powered elbow brace. It uses a computerized system to detect electrical impulses in muscles.
Three years after her stroke, Maggie has not only regained confidence, she now has 75-percent of her arm motion back.
In a study at MIT, people who underwent 18 hours of training using the device over a period of nine weeks, improved arm movement by 23-percent. Muscle stiffness also improved.
The device will be available to all patients this fall. It may be used as a rehab or training tool and can be used any amount of time after a stroke
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