Vagus Nerve Stimulation Paired With Rehabilitation for Upper Limb Motor Impairment and Function After Chronic Ischemic Stroke: Subgroup Analysis of the Randomized, Blinded, Pivotal, VNS-REHAB Device Trial.
Jesse DawsonNavzer D EngineerSteven C CramerSteven L WolfRushna AliMichael W O'DellDavid PierceCecília N PrudenteJessica RedgraveWuwei FengCharles Y LiuGerard E FranciscoBenjamin L BrownAnand DixitJen AlexanderLouis DeMarkVibor KrishnaSteven A KautzArshad MajidBrent TarverDuncan L TurnerTeresa Jacobson KimberleyPublished in: Neurorehabilitation and neural repair (2022)
The response was similar across subgroups examined. The findings suggest that the effects of paired VNS observed in the VNS-REHAB trial are likely to be consistent in wide range of stroke survivors with moderate to severe upper extremity impairment.