The results of a study published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine have been hopeful for stroke survivors, and if they can be replicated, they could show promise for thousands of people left disabled by a stroke.
CLEVELAND — On any given weekend for more than 40 years, you could find Stan Nicholas jamming away on his guitar, playing motorcycle rallies and festivals all over the Cleveland area. Nicholas thought he'd be playing for life, but the music stopped for him one night in 2017.
"I thought that I was going to be disabled for life, and I made it a priority to walk again," he said. About a year after his stroke and after months of physical therapy, his doctors thought that was about all the progress he'd make. Nicholas read about the work online and applied to be a part of Machado's trial. After he went through extensive screening process and conversations with doctors and a psychiatrist, the neurosurgeon asked if he wanted to be one of the first in the world to undergo this experimental procedure. Nicholas was game.Doctors didn't operate right away.
Machado said he was "pleasantly surprised" by all Nicholas could do. On a scale doctors commonly use to assess recovery from a stroke, where improvement is around six or eight points, he would rate the improvement during the trial around 15.
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