When I taught Medical Aspects of Rehab, our guest specilists used the rule
of thumb that 90% of function would return within six months.This may play
intowhen such ttechniques are effictive.

Bobby
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> Tell them kids have strokes too
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> Subject: ABCNEWS' World News Tonight Mon., May 16, 2005
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>  World News Tonight Preview
> May 16, 2005
> Good afternoon.
> Here are some of the stories that we're working on for tonight's
> broadcast:
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> Strokes are the most common cause of adult disability in the United
> States. Ned Potter travels to Phoenix and Atlanta to look at the new
> robotic technology that helps patients re-learn the motions they lost.
> Researchers say it could soon provide more intensive, continuous therapy
> for patients right in their own homes. Its part of our week-long series
> entitled "Medicine on the Cutting Edge."
> We hope you'll join us.