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Doctors called the findings promising, especially since the patients had all had strokes more than a year earlier, a time frame when further recovery is unlikely.

"People love to play games," said study co-author Dr. Mark Hallett, and the virtual reality therapy helped the patients use their weakened legs and ultimately walk better. Hallett is chief of the human motor control section with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

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