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Filter by:According to the latest published literature reviews, stroke patients have a prevalence of 19.5% of minor depression and 21.7% of major depression. Furthermore, the loss of autonomy is the most strongly correlated variable in these emotional disorders. In addition, emotional disturbances - in particular anxiety, sadness, crying, and anhedonia - are interpreted as natural reactions to the loss of physical capacity. Along these lines, it has been shown that the use of Virtual Reality (VR) as a co-adjuvant therapy of neuro-rehabilitation in stroke patients with emotional disorders decreases the incidence of these disorders.
The study is a prospective, multi-center, single arm, feasibility study that will enroll a maximum of 36 subjects. The maximum enrollment is 10 subjects per site. A maximum of 6 investigational centers in Europe will participate. Enrollment is expected to take about 9 months, subject participation will last about 3 months.
The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of rTMS and tDCS coupled with robotic therapy on upper extremity functional recovery
What research question is being addressed? Can improve the prediction of adverse outcomes be improved for people following a stroke to optimise their treatment and care? How is it of relevance and importance to patients and public? Following a stroke, people are at a higher risk of developing certain conditions including heart failure, another stroke and atrial fibrillation, a type of irregular heart rhythm. In the proposed study, the investigators will look at factors which may increase a person's risk of such conditions following stroke. From this, the investigators will determine if risk scores for these conditions can be improved for people post-stroke. This could help doctors decide what treatments are best. Who would be eligible? All adults at participating hospitals who have had an ischaemic stroke (where the stroke is caused by loss of blood flow to the brain) or a transient ischaemic attack ('mini-stroke') confirmed by a stroke doctor. All patients will be asked to take part in the study, or their family members may be asked to provide advice on their behalf if the patient is unable to. Where is the study being conducted? At participating hospitals in England and Wales. What will the participants undergo? At the time of stroke, patients have a lot of information collected about their health, the investigators will copy information from patient's medical records about their health after they agree to take part in the study. Patients or their family members will also be asked to complete some additional brief questionnaires about their quality of life, wellbeing and fatigue. Some questionnaires such as for cognitive function are already collected for patients following a stroke, but where this information has not been collected, it will be collected for the study. The investigators will ask the patients if they can be contacted in 12-months to repeat the questionnaires and information collected about their health.
The investigators will perform a long term registry based prospective analysis on incidence of major cardiovascular events or death in hypertensive patients with obstructive sleep apnea . Effects of PAP (positive airway pressure) compliance, antihypertensive medication and blood pressure control will be investigated in the study.
The purpose of this study is to explore the effectiveness between interactive board game health education and conventional health education in improving community-dwelling adults' stroke knowledge and self-reported stroke health literacy, including risk factors, symptoms, acute management of stroke, and 6 aspects of self-reported stroke health literacy. The intervention group will receive an interactive board game in a group (2~6 individuals), while the control group was assigned to read the health education flier and watching the stroke prevention video. The follow-up period was set to be four weeks after the intervention, both control group, and intervention group.
The aim of this study is to compare the diagnostic yield of water-resistant, wireless 7-day cardiac ECG patch versus conventional 24-hour Holter recording in detecting paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in patients admitted with acute ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack of undetermined etiology after completion of a standard clinical stroke workup.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of a smart airbag system that detects and mitigates fall-related impact in individuals with high fall risk.
A randomized, double blind, multicenter, multinational, placebo controlled, parallel group, single dose, adaptive phase II/III study. The study evaluates the efficacy and safety of a fixed dose of glenzocimab (1000 mg IV over 6 hrs including initial bolus of 15 minutes) on top of the best standard of care.
Stroke is a common condition which results in significant disability for patients. There are different causes of stroke, but around one quarter are as a result of clots or other material from the heart lodging in blood vessels in the brain, stopping the blood supply to that area. Atrial fibrillation is a common cause of blood clots which go to the brain and can be easily treated with blood thinning medications, which significantly reduce the risk of further strokes. However, at the moment, atrial fibrillation is difficult to identify, and heart monitoring can be needed for up to one year. This significantly delays starting blood thinning medications and leaves patients at risk of stroke during this time. Therefore, better ways of picking up strokes caused by atrial fibrillation are needed. One such method may be to use brain scans which are routinely taken at the time a patient presents with an acute stroke. By using mathematical models to work out the source of stroke, we may be able to determine which strokes are caused by atrial fibrillation at the time the patient presents with their stroke. This would reduce the number of investigations patients under-go, saving money for the NHS, and reducing the number of tests patients have. Therefore, the aim of this project is to create an anonymised database of brain scans from patients who have presented to hospital with a stroke to develop and test these recently developed models to see if they can accurately identify which strokes are caused by atrial fibrillation, and which ones are not. This project has the potential to improve patient outcomes by reducing treatment delays and improving the accuracy of the diagnosis of the stroke source.