Background and Purpose: Rehabilitation therapy is believed to be useful during the first few months after stroke when recovery usually takes place. However, evidence exists that this may not be the rule for all stroke victims. Therefore, we investigated, in a selected group of poststroke patients, the profile of recovery in response to long-term rehabilitation therapy. Methods: Fifty-one hemipl...

Four experiments were undertaken to examine the effects of chronic hemiplegia on the ability to internally represent actions involving either the paralyzed (contralesional) or relatively unaffected (ipsilesional) limb. An experimental group of chronic, densely hemiplegic patients was compared with controls who experienced nearly full recovery from an initially dense hemiparesis. All participant...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the correlation between hemiplegic shoulder pain factors during the acute and chronic stages of stroke recovery. DESIGN A prospective longitudinal study. SUBJECTS Seventy-six stroke patients with hemiplegic shoulders. METHODS Hemiplegic shoulder pain and clinical, physical, and sonography results were recorded at admission and during both acute (before discharge) ...

We have developed a gait training rehabilitation robot “Akita Trainer” for hemiplegic patients. It has servomotors attached to the hip and knee joints of exoskeleton, driving it enables paralyzed people. As its core systems, we variable assist system an automatic adjustment system. The based on compliance control can change stiffness parameter provide torque according degree paralysis. uses rei...

In view of recent reports of increased tanning in hemiplegic limbs, we have investigated ultraviolet (u.v.) minimal erythema dose (MED) in hemiplegia using the bilateral comparison technique. Seven of 10 patients had a lower MED in the hemiplegic arm compared to the normal side, the mean reduction being 16% (range 0-33%, P = 0.003). No patients had a higher MED in the hemiplegic arm. We review ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the intrarater and interrater reliability of the supraspinatus thickness measured by ultrasonography (US) in normal subjects and to identify the relationship between the supraspinatus thickness measured by US and cross sectional area (CSA) of the supraspinatus muscle by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in hemiplegic patients. METHOD We examined 20 shoulders of normal subje...

The purpose of this study is to develop a system to support early rehabilitation training and homebased training. The subject is the rehabilitation training for hemiplegic upper extremities. During the rehabilitation training, motion training for the hemiplegic parts is carried out. The training also encompasses another hand (non-hemiplegic hand) to replace the function of the hemiplegic hand. ...

background: bilateral activities are novel methods which are used for refreshing hemiplegic patients. but there are a lot of controversies regarding their efficiency. the aim of this study is to compare the effects of unilateral with bilateral arm training on upper arm function in patients with hemiplegic disorders. methods: in a clinical trial 23 hemiplegic patients were selected for the study...

This study was undertaken to evaluate the influence of weight shift over the affected leg of standing hemiplegic patients on the electromyographic responses of the medial gastrocnemius and tibialis anterior muscles during continuous anterior-posterior movements of the base of support. Recordings were taken from 10 hemiplegic subjects and from 9 healthy subjects of comparable age. Each subject w...