According to a study conducted by researchers from Brown University, it has been proved that robot therapy can help patients suffering from brain stroke regain their arm movements, years after the impairment.

The brain strokes can even result in long-lasting disabilities, and the limbs can get weak with restricted movement. This study was conducted by researchers, as they made use of a machine that trained the patients for three months with it.

The study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine and it cited that patients who were given the treatment had a better quality of life. The therapy is recommended to be initiated immediately after stroke so that the movement of arms can be improved.

The study observed 127 stroke patients and treating them with the robot therapy resulted positive in upper limb movements and, therefore the patients had better life.

The problem with this advancement is that the robots have not yet been developed fully, said the UK stroke experts. Providing physiotherapists that will be required i. e., one physiotherapist per hour per patient every day, is a bigger obstacle that has to be tackled by NHS before it starts this therapy.