To Be Tested Researchers at the University of Oregon are beginning a study of a new treatment that may benefit some of the 400,000 Americans who survive strokes each year. Several recent studies have pointed a new direction in stroke treatment. The therapy sessions will be a combination of stretching, endurance and flexibility training, balance activities and other exercises.
Stroke is America's third leading killer and the primary cause of adult disability.
Most commonly, stroke results in weakness on one side of the body.