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Stroke is the second leading cause of death and disability in France: more than half of stroke survivors have a disabling motor deficit, affecting mainly the upper limb. A lack of hand control makes everyday tasks more difficult and reduces the quality of life. The investigators lack approaches to specifically rehabilitate the hand after stroke. Recently, a new tool has been developed to measure manual dexterity (the Finger Force Manipulandum or FFM). This tool, which records the forces applied by the fingers on pistons, allows to measure more finely the key components of manual dexterity during visuomotor tasks. The tool measures the ability to control and release the force applied by the fingers, to perform sequences, to track and maintain a frequency of tapping (temporality of movement) with the fingers, and to use the fingers independently one another.
This study is to find out the significance of gut-microbiota in acute stroke patients, including their neurological, radiological outcomes as well as their stroke mechanisms.
Prehospital stroke care in specialized ambulances increases thrombolysis rates, reduces alarm-to-treatment times, and improves prehospital triage. Preliminary analyses suggest cost-effectiveness. However, scientific proof of improved functional outcome compared to usual care is still lacking. The objective of this trial is to show improved functional outcomes after deployment of a Stroke Emergency Mobile (STEMO) compared to regular care.
For a long time, delirium was considered a merely temporary dysfunction of the brain. Today, it is established that it is a brain disease associated with network dysfunction, neuroinflammation and impaired transmitter homeostasis in a multicausal model. Following an episode of delirium, many patients do not return to their prior level of cognitive and functional performance. In particular, failed or delayed diagnosis with consecutive inadequate therapy contribute to the development of long-term cognitive decline that may ultimately lead to long-term care. Stroke patients are a particularly common delirium-affected population (10-46% depending on severity). Despite the frequency and clinical relevance of delirium in stroke patients, diagnostic characteristics of common screening methods are unknown. Similarly, the clinical phenotype and risk factors of patients who develop delirium have not been adequately described. This study primarily aims to evaluate the diagnostic properties of established screening tools for delirium in a prospective cohort of well-characterised patients following ischemic cerebral events (either transient or manifest stroke). Secondary outcome criteria include predictors of post-stroke delirium (PSD) such as stroke location and size, pre-stroke cognitive functioning, ability to participate in daily routine activities and medical conditions.
The aim of the study is to investigate whether intensive speech-language therapy (SLT) combined with anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) leads to better communication performance than SLT combined with placebo stimulation (using sham-tDCS).
Brain is a productive source of variety of enzymes and any brain injury like stroke to brain tissue could similarly result in an increase in these enzymes in cerebrospinal fluid and serum. Evaluation of these enzymes represent a simple method for the ischemic stroke subtype diagnosis and prognosis .Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the role Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) , D-Dimer , creatine kinase- MB(CK-MB) , C reactive protein (CRP) serum levels and G/A ratio in diagnosis of CES stroke and its ability to predict short term outcome. Methods: This study was conducted on 96 patients with acute ischemic stroke, subdivided into two groups, group Ι was 48 patients with cardio-embolic stroke and group ΙΙ was 48 patients with non- cardio-embolic. all patients were subjected to assessment of serum BNP, D-Dimer and CK-MB and CRP and globulin /albumin ratio within the first 24 h of stroke .At third week ,they were assessed by mRS.
The aim of the study is to determine: (1) the effects of combined physical exercise and cognitive training versus exercise or cognitive training alone on cognition, physical function, daily function, quality of life and social participation outcomes, (2) determine the relative effects of simultaneous vs. sequential combination of physical exercise and cognitive training on these health-related outcomes, (3) determine the long-term effects of different types of trainings on these outcome measures.
The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical and laboratory data of patients who were rehospitalised due to "stroke rehabilitation cause only" The patients who were hospitalized in the hospital between January 2015 and July 2018, according to ICD 10 code; hemiplegia (G81), flaccid hemiplegia (G81.0), hemiplegia, unspecified (G81.9), Spastic hemiplegia (G81.1) scanned from the hospital database.
A prospective, open label, single-arm 90-day study designed to assess the safety, performance and efficacy of thrombus removal in subjects presenting with acute ischemic stroke with the NeVa stent retrievers.