Clinical Neurorehabilitation

With more than 16’000 new strokes happening in Switzerland every year and an aging population, neurorehabilitation is of imminent importance for patients and the society alike. Despite the effectiveness of acute stroke therapies such as thrombolysis and stroke unit care, up to 80% of stroke patients are left disabled, either due to motor, speech, visual or cognitive impairment. Exploring the brain’s capacity for recovery through functional compensation and plasticity will enable the development of novel treatment approaches and protocols and will help to optimize existing therapies for individual patients.