Five New Research Projects Funded - June 2008

Five new research project grants were recently approved for funding, following our Research Awards Committee meeting in June 2008.

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Collaboration between the chief investigators of the carotid stenting trials to pool the results from individual patients in order to compare the safety of catheter based stent insertion with surgical operation

Role of depression in stroke

Improving stroke recognition by ambulance services

The identification of people after stroke whose hand function would be improved by the injection of tight (spastic) muscles in the hand and arm with a paralysing agent (botulinum toxin)

Trial of an electrical stimulation device for recovery of upper limb function in chronic stroke patients