Hemiplegic shoulder pain (HSP) is a prevalent and debilitating complication among stroke survivors that can significantly impede rehabilitation and diminish quality of life. Often emerging within the ...

Persistent shoulder pain affects roughly 20% of stroke survivors as many as four years after their strokes, one study found. It typically occurs within three months of a stroke and can be caused by a ...

Most older adults prescribed gabapentin after a stroke kept getting the drug for at least 1 year. Gabapentin is used off-label for post-stroke pain, despite limited guidelines and safety concerns. The ...

More than half of patients report having pain several months after stroke, and this group has a significantly elevated risk of death at 1 year. Investigators conducted a registry-based cohort study of ...

Shoulder pain is one of the most common locations of chronic pain. It impacts quality of life and has the potential to become disabling for millions of Americans. The 60-day SPR ® SPRINT ® Peripheral ...

"Post-stroke pain is not uncommon," said Dr. Talya Fleming, Ifill's doctor and the medical director of the Stroke Recovery Program and Aftercare Program at the JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute at ...