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TL;DR: Pooling 59 trials, all from China, researchers found that adding acupuncture or electroacupuncture to standard rehab after a stroke was linked to better leg movement scores for people with foot drop. But the studies varied widely and many had quality pr…
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TL;DR: In 10 young adults with a neck-level spinal cord injury, standing upright in a frame made blood pressure drop. Wearing compression stockings and a belly binder kept blood pressure from falling, and the five people who felt faint said they felt better. K…
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TL;DR: Among older adults who walked on their own before breaking a hip, those with dementia or a low blood-based nutrition score a week after surgery were less likely to be walking independently when they left the hospital. The nutrition score alone was only…
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TL;DR: Across 12 small trials, people with Parkinson’s who trained on walking robots scored a bit better on balance and a timed walking test than people who got other therapy. The evidence is low quality, so the true benefit may be smaller. Key Findings 12 ran…
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TL;DR: A 2026 narrative review in Neurological Research and Practice argued that Parkinson’s prevention is most actionable through physical activity, Mediterranean-style diet patterns, toxin reduction, earlier prodromal detection, and better rehabilitation aft…
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TL;DR: A 2026 retrospective database study in Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery found that people with major upper-extremity amputations had higher one-year rates of new mental-health diagnoses, antidepressant starts, and psychotherapy use than matche…
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TL;DR: A 2026 medRxiv preprint found that targeted memory reactivation (TMR), replaying learned sounds during non-REM sleep, changed spindle and slow-wave density during a nap but did not improve motor memory retention in Parkinson’s disease or healthy older a…
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