According to the World Stroke Organization, one-in-four people will suffer a stroke at some point in their life.

The MYOMA Brace for Stroke Survivor's Paralyzed Arm will be the topic of the regular monthly meeting of the BMC Stroke Support Group at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5. The group meets on the sixth floor of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- After his stroke, Arthur Johnson of Cleveland learned the hard way that it takes two hands to make a grilled cheese sandwich - one to hold the pan handle and one to flip the ...

CINCINNATI (Ivanhoe Newswire) Louesa Foster was a busy kindergarten teacher who juggled her career with her growing family. Two years ago a stroke changed everything. "I sit down and everything was ...

The Myomo e100 is more than an arm brace: it's a personal robotic brain-trainer. Designed to help stroke victims learn to control their arms again, the device wraps around their arms, senses ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- At age 32, Maggie Fermental suffered a stroke that left her right side paralyzed. After a year and a half of conventional therapy with minimal results, she tried a new kind of ...

SALEM – When Jessica Peters woke up in a hospital bed, she felt bandages wrapped around her head but couldn't ask why they were there. What happened? she thought.

For patients who have suffered paralysis, whether from injury or illness, coping with the adjustment of limited mobility is difficult. Many tasks must be re-learned in a new way and in many cases, ...

Medical robotics company Myomo has begun fitting adolescents with a robotic arm brace called MyoPro. The brace is designed to help users suffering from diseases or injuries that result in weakened or ...

Zeke Dees, 18, straps on the black, high-tech device, securing the contraption before he powers it up. A light flashes, the machine quietly whirs and his left arm moves. For Dees, a Mechanicsburg ...