Front Stroke, Back Stroke

The Slow-Stroke Back Massage (SSBM) and Shoulder Pain in Stroke Patients Who Referred To The Rehabilitation Centre

Objective: Shoulder pain caused by hemiplegia is a common finding after Stroke that severely restricts the patient’s independence in performing daily activities. The study was determined to survey the impacts of the SSBM on the shoulder pain and level of hand function in stroke patient. Materials & Methods: This study is a semi-experimental research, samples were consisted of 34 patients sel...

Infective Stroke

For whom the desert bell tolls: heat stroke or stroke

       Heat stroke is the most complicated and dangerous amongst heat injuries that can lead to irreversible injury and even death with itself or with creating predisposibility to different diseases. The following case report depicts a patient who presented primarily with impairment of consciousness after walking 45 km in the summer heat to cross the Syria-Turkey border and la...

Stroke mimics in patients with clinical signs of stroke

Background: Stroke mimic is a major diagnostic challenge and may be difficult to distinguish from real strokes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relative frequency of stroke mimics in patients with clinical signs of stroke. Methods: In this cross sectional-study, the medical records of 1985 patients with stroke admitted to Poursina Hospital were enrolled using the census technique. ...

Silent stroke in patients with acute thrombotic stroke

Introduction: Brain stroke is the most common neurologic disorder and also the most common cause of mortality and morbidity in neurtologic patients. Thanks to new methods of radiography such as MRI, brain vascular lesions including silent stroke are demonstrated more carefully. This study considers the frequency of silent stroke in patients with acute thrombotic stroke in Rafsanjan by using M...