Stroke recovery tracked with wearable device

Stroke recovery tracked with wearable device At a Glance A wearable device tracked how patients recovered the ability to use their arms after a stroke. The digital tool could help personalize treatment and make it easier to test new treatments. Wrist-worn devices can provide useful information about people’s ability to use their arms during stroke rehab. voronaman / Shutterstock After a stroke, people may have trouble moving their arms. Trained specialists use clinical tests to track whether physical therapy is helping a patient recover that ability. However, those tests are time-consuming and often cannot detect small changes in how people move. They also don’t capture how people use their arms in everyday life. https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/stroke-recovery-tracked-wearable-device