The University of Castilla-La Mancha studies new treatments for curing stroke

A a team from the University of Castile-La Mancha carried out a test study the benefits of non-invasive brain stimulation and rehabilitation with robots to improve arm recovery in a person who has suffered a stroke.

The studio wants study new treatments to improve the consequences caused by a stroke. The consequences are the injuries and problems that remain in the patient after the illness.

Stroke is one of the diseases that cause the most disability in patients. It is the interruption of blood circulation that reaches the brain. This happens because a blood vessel breaks or closes. Brain cells that don’t get blood don’t get the oxygen they need and die.

Professor Juan José Bernal Jiménez led this project published in the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.

Researchers who worked on this study found that combining non-invasive brain stimulation with rehabilitation with robots in the patient’s arms improves finger strength and improves their quality of life.

According to data collected by the Health Service (Sescam), in Cerebrovascular disease of Castile-La Mancha It is the leading cause of mortality by specific etiology in women, the second in men and the leading cause of disability in adults. Her the incidence is 150 to 200 cases new ones per 100,000 inhabitants per year.