It’s the ‘thing in my life that shaped me the most,’ participant says of life-changing therapy

Wed, 17 Jan 2024 09:31:00 -0500

After experiencing a stroke in utero that caused weakness on the left side of her body, Keya Shapiro found a home at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s Neuromotor Research Clinic, which is celebrating 10 years of research into the therapy.

It’s the ‘thing in my life that shaped me the most,’ participant says of life-changing therapy

After experiencing a stroke in utero that caused weakness on the left side of her body, Keya Shapiro found a home at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s Neuromotor Research Clinic – which is celebrating 10 years of research into the therapy.

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute occupational therapists train colleagues, treat children in Morocco clinic

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 10:18:00 -0500

Kelsey Burke and Megan Price, occupational therapists in the Neuromotor Research Clinic at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, took a personal volunteer trip to Morocco with a humanitarian group last year. They educated therapists and parents in pediatric therapy techniques.

Nation’s first clinical trial for infant stroke begins at Fralin Biomedical

Strokes are devastating events often associated with people over 65. But large numbers of infants have strokes, too. Now, in the nation’s first multicenter pediatric stroke recovery trial, researchers and clinicians from 12 sites across the United States, including the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, will evaluate a new approach.

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It’s the ‘thing in my life that shaped me the most,’ participant says of life-changing therapy

It’s the ‘thing in my life that shaped me the most,’ participant says of life-changing therapy

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute occupational therapists train colleagues, treat children in Morocco clinic

Nation’s first clinical trial for infant stroke begins at Fralin Biomedical