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Filter by:Stroke is the second major cause of death and disability worldwide with over 13 million new cases annually. Egypt, a low-middle-income country, is the most populated nation in the Middle East with a high overall crude prevalence rate of stroke (963/100,000 inhabitants), accounting for 6.4% of all deaths and the incidence of stroke annually is approximately 150,000-210,000. Stroke has a direct impact on health systems, resulting in high costs, and is also considered a global public health problem due to serious disabilities, functional limitations and compromised quality of life (QoL). The Breather a drug-free, evidence-based inspiratory/expiratory respiratory muscle training (RMT) device used by Dysphagia, COPD, CHF, Parkinson's, and neuromuscular disease patients, as well as children 4+ and adults interested in healthy aging.
The aim of this study is to examine the effects of PNF (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation) and CTAR (Chin Tuck Against Resistance) exercises on swallowing rehabilitation in stroke patients. In addition another aim is to examine the effects of these exercises on the swallowing function, quality of life, functional independence and functional oral intake of individuals, and to investigate the superiority of the exercises to each other in line with these features.
The primary objective of this study is to determine the feasibility and safety of receiving intravascular hypothermia treatment for patients experiencing endovascular treatment after acute ischemic stroke(AIS) due to a large vessel occlusion.
The purpose of the study is to measure the outcomes of a standard care, an ultrasound guided mini-invasive percutaneous procedure, performed on recent stroke patients on reduces pain, increases function & quality of life The primary objective of the project is to reduce shoulder and/or knee pain in patients who have had a stroke so that they can more readily engage in rehabilitation. Secondary objectives are to reduce analgesic medications, increase independence and improve range of motion, to promote non-drug treatment measures in the medical toolkit, and to include an interdisciplinary care team in patient selection for interventions.
Observer reactivity, also known as the 'Hawthorne effect', can roughly be described as the alteration of behaviour as a consequence of observation or awareness of measurement. Although researchers are aware of a potential observation effect during measurements, observer reactivity may also influence assessments that are performed as part of clinical care. Previous research on observer reactivity during gait measurements has resulted in contradicting outcomes and most studies examined the effects of participation in research rather than the clinical measurement of gait in a gait lab setting or the observation by professionals. Therefore, the aim of this study is to examine the differences in gait pattern between unobserved walking, observed walking, and observed walking combined with awareness of measurement, in a within-subjects repeated measures design.
The World Health Organization has termed stroke to be a clinical syndrome, of presumed vascular origin, typified by rapidly developing signs of focal or global disturbance of cerebral functions and the leading cause of death worldwide in 2016 making it a major non-contagious cause of death. This study would be beneficial in a way that it will give a valuable input and will contribute for the knowledge of interventions for stroke with an emphasis on upper extremity function among health care practitioners for their goal of promoting health, prevention of diseases and improving quality of life.
Stroke is classically characterized as a neurological deficit attributed to an acute focal injury of the central nervous system (CNS) by a vascular cause, including transient ischemic attack, cerebral infarction, intracerebral hemorrhage, and subarachnoid hemorrhage. It is a major cause of disability and death worldwide. The main purpose of this study to determine the effect of exergaming training compared to visual feedback training on improvement in upper limb function.
The purpose of this study is to test the (a) feasibility, (b) usability, and (c) acceptability of using the Oculus Virtual Reality (VR) for chronic stroke survivors who have mild-moderate cognitive and unilateral arm impairment to administer upper extremity and cognitive rehabilitation, to calculate the change in upper extremity and cognition scores on standardized measurements per standard of care and to qualitatively explore the impact of engaging caregivers in supporting the stroke survivor's rehabilitation and the impact of this engagement on the stroke survivor and caregiver dyad using semi-structured interviews.
The goal is to pilot test a highly accessible, web-based, pragmatic, scalable intervention to overcome ongoing problems with high stakes decision-making by surrogate decision-makers of patients in ICUs with severe acute brain injury (SABI), including those with moderate-severe traumatic brain injury, large hemispheric acute ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage.
Primary research purpose: -Prospective study to screen post stroke patients with sarcopenia and evaluate its effect on recovery Secondary research purpose: - To determine the degree of sarcopenia and correlation with poor functional prognosis of stroke in the stroke patient group. - To determine the degree of sarcopenia and correlation with dixon MRI of thigh muscle - To evaluate surface EMG (SEMG)-based signals and correlation with sarcopenia - To determine the degree of sarcopenia and correlation with brain morphometric changes