The efficacy of community rehabilitation for aged clients after stroke - a review of the literature

The efficacy of Community Rehabilitation for aged clients after orthopaedic surgery - a review of the literature

Community Integration for After Acquired Brain Injury: A Literature Review

Objectives: This paper reviews the current literature on acquired brain injury (ABI) with a focus on ABI burden, importance of community integration, and community integration definitions suggested by the literature. Methods: Literature review Results: Acquired brain injury (ABI) is referred to a diverse range of disabilities resulted of injury in different parts of the brain. People with AB...

Neuroplasticity and neuromotor synergies in context of rehabilitation after stroke: a systematic review

Background: Alterations of neuroplasticity and cortical excitability are important pathophysiological factors in stroke. Modulation of the neuroplasticity has been proposed as an underlying mechanism of recovery in different neurological disorders. But it is not still clear how the CNS faces the complexity of muscle control. Neuroplastic processes may be used for the functional improvement of s...

Clinical assessment of fear of falling after stroke: validity, reliability and responsiveness of the Persian version of the Fall Efficacy Scale-International

  Background :Fear of falling may be related to falling during stroke onset. The Fall Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) with excellent psychometric properties, is an instrument developed to assess patients’ concerns about fallings. The aim of this study was to determine validation of this scale in Iranian patients with stroke.   Methods : The “forward-backward” procedure was applied to trans...

بررسی تأثیر تکنیک های توانبخشی بر پلاستی سیتی مغز در بیماران سکته مغزی؛ مروری نظام مند بر مطالعات گذشته

purpose: Recent research indicated that the brain can change or reorganize itself after stroke and Stroke rehabilitation based on the evidence of neuroplasticity, which is responsible for recovery following stroke. The purpose of the present study was to review the previously published studies concerning effective of rehabilitation techniques in brain plasticity after stroke. methods: A lite...