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Rebecca Voelker

JAMA. 2005;294:2413-2416.

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Chicago—Three years ago, the journal Science featured a series of articles describing the wonders of bioengineering and bionics and the promise they hold for mending bodies broken by spinal cord injuries, stroke, and diseased joints and organs. But even as many of these wonders are being put to the test in clinical trials, clinicians and basic scientists in the field of disability rehabilitation are facing challenges that even the Six Million Dollar Man might find difficult to overcome.

During the joint conference of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Society of Neurorehabilitation here in late September, experts debated not only sophisticated techniques such as the use of cortical stimulation to aid stroke recovery but also some fundamental issues concerning current research capacity in rehabilitation medicine.

Stroke patients currently undergo rehabilitation through exercise designed to restore mobility. Researchers are also exploring new approaches, such as . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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