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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 10 > A second chance

A second chance

Doctor’s innovative therapy gives stroke patients new hope for recovery

By Mary Meehan / The Bulletin
September 10, 2009

LEXINGTON, Ky. — When Frank McKinney began therapy at Dr. Lumy Sawaki’s lab, his right arm was bent permanently to his chest and his fingers stayed perpetually clenched.

Although McKinney had worked hard to relearn how to walk and talk after a stroke two years earlier, his arm remained mostly....

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