What does stroke rehabilitation involve?
-Therapy for communication: speech, writing, listening, and comprehension
-Mobility training with use of walking aids or braces
-Strengthening motor skills to improve muscle strength and coordination
-Range of motion therapy
-Psychological evaluation: cognitive skills, mood assessment, participation in support groups
-Constraint-induced therapy that involves restricting the use of an unaffected limb while the patient practices moving the affected limb
-Electrical stimulation for weakened muscles
-Computer-based therapy that involves interacting with a simulated environment
-Robotic technology to assist impaired limbs with performing repetitive motions to help regain strength and function in the muscles
