Video game therapy restores arm movement in chronic stroke survivors

Chronic stroke survivors with moderate to severe arm impairment regained functional arm movement and improved daily activity performance through the gamified therapy.

Years after a stroke, many survivors are told that what remains is all they will ever have — that the window for recovery has closed. A Northwestern University research team spent fifteen years questioning that assumption, and found an answer in the form of a retro video game played at home, one that quietly rewires the brain by making the separation of misfiring muscles the only path to winning. In a six-week clinical trial, chronic stroke survivors regained arm function at rates up to 7.8 times greater than control groups, with gains that continued even after the game was put down.

Video game therapy restores arm movement in chronic stroke survivors

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