Stroke recovery: The state of the science
Harnessing the brain’s capacity to overcome disability
Published 4 November 2016
We speak to stroke rehabilitation researcher Professor Julie Bernhardt about the state of the science in stroke recovery.
Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Professor Bernhardt and her team develop and test new exercises and rehabilitation techniques that aim not only to reduce disability but promote recovery. This includes renewed attention to precise timing of therapeutic interventions, and to environmental enrichment of clinical spaces.
“What we really are trying to do now is develop treatments that are targeting recovery, which is about brain repair and change, not just about compensation. That’s a real shift in our thinking,” says Professor Bernhardt.
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