BACKGROUND The Canadian Best Practice Recommendations for Stroke Care suggest that (1) all patients with stroke should be screened for cognitive impairment and (2) persons who are detected as having cognitive impairment on a screening test should receive additional cognitive assessment. The purpose of this study is to determine whether care in an Ontario inpatient stroke rehabilitation facility...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We have previously reported a marked reduction in mortality up to 1 year after treatment and rehabilitation on a stroke unit versus on general neurological and medical wards in unselected stroke patients. In the present study we wanted to test the hypothesis that this mortality-reducing effect is not temporary but is long lasting. METHODS We performed a community-based ...

INTRODUCTION In the recent literature we can find many articles dealing with upper extremity rehabilitation in stroke patients. New techniques, still under evaluation, are becoming the practical applications for the concept of post-stroke brain plasticity. METHODS This literature review focuses on controlled randomized studies, reviews and meta-analyses published in the English language from ...

BACKGROUND Rural living has been demonstrated to have an effect on a person's overall health status, and rural residing individuals often have decreased access to health and specialized rehabilitation services. AIM The aim of this study was to determine if there are differences in recovery from stroke between urban and rural-dwelling stroke survivors accessing an in-home, community-based, int...

Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has been utilized in the recent decades for monitoring stroke brain function by measuring the changes in the concentrations of oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin. Although there is evidence that motor rehabilitation can enhance motor recovery in stroke survivors with motor deficits, the brain function and reorganization related to motor rehabilitation effic...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between tracheostomies, enteral feeding tubes, and indwelling urinary catheters and functional outcome measures, incidence of medical complications, and resource use in an inpatient stroke rehabilitation program. METHODS A cohort of 1553 patients consecutively admitted for inpatient stroke rehabilitation was stud...

Stroke is defined a sudden neurological impairment resulting from interruption of the blood supply and brain tissue damage. The most common symptom of a stroke is sudden weakness and/or numbness of the face, arms or legs, most often on one side of the body. Other symptoms include: confusion, difficulty speaking or understanding speech; difficulty seeing with one or both eyes; difficulty walking...

article: International consensus recommendations for outcome measurement in post-stroke arm rehabilitation trials - European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine 2021 February;57(1):61-8 Minerva Medica Journals

INTRODUCTION While the rehabilitation goals of post-stroke patients include improving quality of life and returning to functional activities, the extent to which sexual activity is addressed as part of the standard rehabilitation process is unknown. Moreover, the specific sexual concerns of stroke patients, including the effect of stroke on intimate relationships and sexuality of the partner, t...

OBJECTIVE To explore the clinical and non-clinical factors involved in decision-making concerning admission to European stroke rehabilitation units. DESIGN Observational study on case-mix at intake combined with questionnaires and semi-structured interviews with the medical consultants of each European stroke rehabilitation unit. PATIENTS AND SETTINGS Clinical data on 532 first-ever patient...