Cleveland Researchers Say Long-Term Exercise Programs May Restore Neural Connections in Parkinson’s Patients

Investigators used deep brain stimulation devices to record brain signal changes after 12 dynamic cycling sessions. It was the early 2000s when researchers first showed that exercise can help relieve the tremors that are common with Parkinson’s Disease. So far, researchers haven’t been able to explain how exercise helps. But they may be getting closer…

FES Center Executive Director Robert Kirsch PhD Receives the VA’s Prestigious Paul B. Magnuson Award

Award for Outstanding Achievement in Rehabilitation Research and Development is the Department of Veterans Affairs’ highest honor for rehabilitation investigators. The Cleveland FES Center congratulates Executive Director Robert Kirsch PhD, who on May 13 received the Paul B. Magnuson Award for Outstanding Achievement in Rehabilitation Research and Development. The award was presented to Dr. Kirsch…