The researchers at ‘Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation (BIR)’, named among the top rehabilitation hospitals in the US in 2007, are on the way to devise a new way for the rehabilitation of the Stroke Patients. This institute is a non profit organization providing rehabilitation services to the survivors of traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, strokes, or those suffering from other orthopedic and neurological disorders.

There are around 700,000 cases of heart stroke in a year. These patients are unable to retain their ability to walk as they did before the stroke. However the physical therapists have come up with a new way using a specialized kind of treadmill.

The results of the study would soon appear in the April issue of the ‘Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation’.

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