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Filter by:In Canada, the number of stroke survivors is equivalent to the size of one of the four Atlantic Provinces. The incident rate of stroke has been increasing steadily since 1995. The majority of the stroke survivors lose upper extremity function, resulting in diminished activities of daily living (ADL). Many therapeutic interventions are recommended to improve upper extremity function or ADLs of stroke survivors, however, Mirror Therapy (MT), inexpensive intervention, can be self-administered by stroke survivors with intact cognition. Thus, the research question is whether a self-administered MT technique improves acute stroke patients' upper extremity motor function and recovery?
The COVID-19 pandemic has had dramatic effects on health systems and on non-COVID health care. Using French inpatient claims data and retrospectively collected clinical data, the investigators will assess the changes in hospital admissions for acute cardiovascular and neurovascular conditions in France during and after the national lockdown.
Being active early after stroke prevents secondary complications, reduces hospital length of stay and improves long-term functional outcomes. Early mobilization and early rehabilitation are the means to achieve activity at the early phase post-stroke. Performance of out-of-bed activity at an acute care setting is partially dependent on the routines used in the acute care setting, however, knowledge the knowledge about associations between clinical routines and the characteristics of out-of-bed activity is limited. Also, there is limited knowledge about institutional barriers to such activity. Accordingly, the goal of the current study is, in acute hospital inpatient setting, to: 1) characterize stroke patients' activity according to shifts (i.e. morning and evening), 2) test associations between out-of-bed activity and patients' clinical status and 3) identify barriers to activity. The study is a prospective observational study that monitors physical activity in people after stroke while they in an acute stroke care setting, and records berries for out-of-bed activity including being in sitting or standing and walking. Patients are included if they admitted to the hospital within 48 hours of symptom onset, passed routine initial neurologic and nursing examinations within 48 hours of admission, and have score of 5-18 on the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS). Patients are excluded if they had hemorrhagic stroke, and if they have heart failure, acute coronary syndrome, unstable hemodynamics and fractures, or if they are terminally ill.
Persons post stroke executed stepping activities under four conditions: standard of care, interacting with: an off-the-shelf Microsoft-Kinect game, with a self-paced repeated custom video game and a game-paced random custom video game. Exercise intensity (neuromuscular and cardiovascular), enjoyment and perceived effort were measured during and after each condition.
To investigate a new method to rapidly modulate pulmonary venous hemoglobin oxygen saturation to enable the use of deoxyhemoglobin concentration in arterial blood as an intra-arterial MRI contrast agent for cerebral tissue perfusion imaging.
A study will be performed where individuals with chronic stroke will be randomly assigned to receive 2 different dosages of robotic hand therapy. One group will receive 12 sessions of robot-assisted repetitive movement practice in the HEXORR robot over a 4-5 week period. A second group will receive 24 sessions of HEXORR therapy over a 8-10 week period.
The SIESTA-Rehabilitation protocol combines two sleep-promoting interventions, (1) empowering nurses to reduce unnecessary disruptions and (2) a systematic protocol to screen, diagnose, and treat sleep-disordered breathing, to determine its impact on relevant sleep and rehabilitation outcomes in the acute inpatient stroke rehabilitation setting compared to the standard of care. Our primary outcome is change in Quality Indicator (QI) score, a measure that has replaced the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) in the inpatient setting at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, between admission and discharge.
The study team is recruiting 20 adults with spasticity due to chronic stroke and 20 adults with no neurological injuries for a 2 day study. In people with chronic stroke, one of the most common and disabling problems is spasticity (increased muscle tone or muscle stiffness). The purpose of this research study is to examine effects of dry needling on the nervous system (pathways between the muscle, spinal cord, and brain) in people with spasticity due to chronic stroke. Dry needling is a procedure in which a thin, stainless steel needle is inserted into your skin to produce a muscle twitch response. It is intended to release a knot in your muscle and relieve pain. The total study duration is 2 days. The first visit will take about 3 hours, during which dry needling will take place, and the second visit will take about 1 hour. During both visits you will be asked to participate in examinations of reflexes (muscle responses to non-invasive nerve stimulation) and arm/leg function.
The study aimed at describing the effects of the COVID-19 social distancing on function, health and well-being of patients with Parkinson's disease or post-stroke, and test the association between the patient activation level and these effects.An anonymous survey was distributed through social media and patient associations.Community-living patients with Parkinson's disease or post-stroke were invited to answer the survey.
Caregivers of people with stroke experience strain that can reduce their quality of life. Caregivers are routinely engaged during hospital discharge for education and training related to the person with stroke. However, the critical period after stroke survivor's discharge is largely unsupported for the caregiver. This proposed study is a randomized controlled trial that will provide post-discharge support for caregivers using a health coaching program as compared to usual care and examine its effect of caregivers and people with stroke.