Stroke can change your life in a single day. Around the world, more than 15 million people have a stroke each year, and roughly three quarters of them are left with long-term disability. If you are ...

D exoskeleton robot-assisted therapy significantly improves upper limb motor recovery in patients with moderate-to-severe subacute stroke.

The brachial artery is the chief artery supplying blood to the arm, forearm, and hand. It supplies the tissues of the upper limb with oxygen and nutrients. Two terminal brachial artery branches, the ...

A review of instruments used to assess upper-limb function in patients with neuromuscular diseases found that more tools are needed to address specific diseases. In most neuromuscular diseases (NMDs), ...

Spastic limb paralysis due to injury to a cerebral hemisphere can cause long-term disability. We investigated the effect of grafting the contralateral C7 nerve from the nonparalyzed side to the ...

Extremity reconstruction surgery can be life-changing for people whose hands, arms or legs have been affected by cancer, an infection, a traumatic injury, congenital (birth) defect, or other ...

DVT in both the upper and lower body can happen to almost anyone at any age and for many reasons. For example, your vein could have been damaged by an injury or operation. Half of blood clots happen ...

Continuing our series on diagnoses that may be missed in a primary care setting, Dr Ahmed Mostafa describes a case of upper limb DVT that was initially misdiagnosed A 39-year-old female patient ...