Neurological rehabilitation

Neurofeedback after stroke or traumatic brain injury

Motor, language, cognitive, and emotional difficulties may persist after stroke or brain injury. Neurofeedback is considered only after acute care and as a complement to neurological rehabilitation.

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  • Stroke – Neurofeedback in Rehabilitation
  • Traumatic Brain Injury

Possible effects of brain injury

Stroke may affect movement, language, attention, memory, or emotional control. Traumatic brain injury may also involve headache, dizziness, sensory overload, fatigue, or slower thinking.

Symptoms and recovery differ between individuals. Functional difficulties can remain even when imaging shows no major abnormality, and may require neurological and neuropsychological assessment.

Acute care and rehabilitation take priority

Sudden weakness, speech difficulty, facial droop, or an unusual severe headache is a medical emergency. Neurofeedback is not acute treatment.

During rehabilitation, goals are coordinated with neurology, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, or neuropsychology. Capacity, medication, and seizure risk are considered before training.

Complementary training after stabilisation

Neurofeedback can provide feedback on selected EEG activity and allow repeated practice of regulation. The protocol is based on available findings and a clearly defined rehabilitation goal.

  • Adapt session length to fatigue and sensory sensitivity
  • Work on only one or a few goals at a time
  • Record change in daily life and rehabilitation
  • Stop training and seek assessment for new symptoms

Neuroplasticity takes time

Rehabilitation uses the brain’s capacity to reorganise functions and build strategies. Neurofeedback may complement this process in some situations, but cannot guarantee restoration of lost function. Evidence and expected benefit differ by injury and goal.

Mechanism and training goal

Stroke – Neurofeedback in Rehabilitation

Possible cause

A stroke disrupts neural connectivity and activity in the affected brain regions. Even after acute medical treatment is complete, the brain's self-regulation often remains impaired, making recovery and reintegration more difficult.

How neurofeedback can help

Neurofeedback specifically harnesses the brain's neuroplasticity to activate healthy areas and support the regulation of disrupted networks. As a complement to conventional rehabilitation, it can help gradually stabilize cognitive, motor, and emotional functions.

Traumatic Brain Injury

Possible cause

A TBI can persistently disrupt electrical activity and communication between different brain regions, even when imaging studies appear normal. This invisible, functional dysregulation often explains ongoing symptoms.

How neurofeedback can help

Neurofeedback makes precisely these functional disturbances visible and trains the brain to normalise its activity again. Many people report noticeable improvements in concentration, resilience, and emotional stability.

Discuss findings and a rehabilitation goal

Send us the relevant medical reports and identify the specific goal. We will assess whether complementary training is clinically and practically appropriate.

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