W e l c o m e !

Do you know someone who has had a stroke or some type of cognitive or mental processing problem, speech or language disorder, visual-spatial disorder, or memory loss?

Do you know:

• Approximately half of the people in the U.S. who have had a stroke will have cognitive problems that are disabling.
• At one time it was believed that if recovery didn’t occur within six months of a stroke, recovery was not possible. However, research has proven differently.

We at the Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation’s (KMRREC) Stroke Lab invite you to find out more about the current research done at the KMRREC Stroke Laboratory by clicking on any of the following areas: space, speech and language, strategies for memory, skilled movement, staff, success, faq

Read about strokes in general and discover other websites with more stroke information by looking in faq.

The direction our research is going:
We are focusing on three main areas.

• Understanding the factors that contribute to spatial neglect and functional outcomes. This has important consequences for driving and other daily activities that require judgments about space that is beyond arm’s length. Click on space for more information.
• Investigating the potential effectiveness of Levetiracetam (Keppra) on the recovery of speech and language abilities in individuals with post-stroke aphasia. We hope that this research may contribute to the availability of long-term treatment options so patients may have a better chance of recovering social and vocational functioning. Click on speech and language for more information.
• Limb apraxia, which is not always immediately recognized and requires a formal assessment to accurately diagnose. Treatment should be designed to improve the deficit itself, rather than modify the surroundings. Special care is taken to minimize any risks to the individual. Click on Skilled Movement for more information

Your participation:
We hope you’ll want to learn more aboutthe work being done on stroke research. Of course our research studies would not be complete without participant involvement.

Please contact Siby Varughese (973-324-3564) or Milda Woods (973-324-3569) if you are interested in more information or participating in any of our research studies. You are compensated for your time. You can also e-mail us for more information.