The study “Combination of brain and peripheral nerve stimuli to increase the beneficial effects of functional electric stimuli on the motionless hand after Cerebral Vascular Accident” has received the Paul Dudley Award, during the International Stroke Conference, promoted by the American Heart Association, last February, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The International Stroke Conference is the main worldwide event dedicated to the science and the treatment of cerebrovascular diseases. It gathers the best professional minds to listen to the most recent results of tests aimed to more efficient therapy.

Dr. Adriana Conforto, head of the Neurostimuli Laboratory of the HCFMUSP Neurology is the researcher responsible for the study, financed by the National Institute of Health from the United States.

The first results from the research, according to the doctor, suggested the repetitive peripheral stimuli can increase the effects of the motor training on the improvement of the superior limb function in CVA patients. The study is still occurring.

The authors of this work are: Adriana B. Conforto, Rafael Luccas, Isabella S. Menezes, André G. Machado, Eduardo A. Mello, Priscila S. Assis, Paloma F. Freitas, Danielle S. Pires, Paul H. Peckham, Leonardo G. Cohen.