Stroke survivors who received vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) combined with rehabilitation had better arm and hand function, according to the results of a new study.
In the international, multi-center clinical trial, 53 participants with moderate to severe arm weakness nine months to 10 years post-stroke received rehabilitation paired with VNS. Fifty-five patients within the same parameters received a sham stimulation. The randomized, triple-blind trial was funded by medical device company MicroTransponder and published in The Lancet.
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