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Albumin Therapy in Acute Stroke Patient
… that albumin has neuroprotective effects for stroke in animal models. Thus, we sought to evaluate the effects of albumin therapy in patients with acute cerebral infarcts. We prospectively studied 49 patients with moderate-to-severe cerebral infarcts within the middle cerebral arterial …
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Depression Screening and Early Intervention on the Post-Stroke Patient
… 1.02% of these individuals will have a stroke each year and 16.25% will die from stroke. Of those that survive, it is estimated that at least half will develop neurologic deficits, and at least a third will develop post-stroke depression (PSD). The high prevalence of post-stroke …
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Toward explainable machine learning methods for stroke patient outcomes in Tennessee
Stroke is one of the leading causes of long-term disability and death in the United States. Stroke patients often face severe health consequences, significantly impacting their lives and placing a substantial financial burden on their families and the wider healthcare system. Therefore, reliable …
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The effect of stimulation on swallowing function in post-stroke patient
본 연구에서는 뇌졸중 후 연하곤란 환자에게 냉촉각 자극법을 제공하여 연하기능 즉, 연하곤란 정도, 구강 인두기능, 연하 속도를 파악하여 연하곤란 환자를 위한 냉촉각 자극법의 효과를 알아보고자 수행한 비동등성 대조군 전후시차 설계이다. 2010년 3월부터 8월까지 6개월 이내 뇌졸중을 진단 받은 후 연하곤란을 호소하는 환자 중 연구 대상에 적합한 자를 임의로 표출하였으며 의무기록지와 대상자 혹은 가족의 면담을 통해 대상자의 특성을 파악하여 대조군을 선정하였다. 병변부위, 뇌졸중 종류, 식이를 변수로 짝짓기 하여 실험군을 선정하였으며 …
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The effectiveness of activities of daily living training in the stroke patient
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Exploration of the effectiveness of Apple ios devices and bluetooth low-energy nodes in the evaulation of stroke patient rehabilitation and recovery
… help establish a foundation for cost effective stroke patient telerehabilitation by examining the efficacy of off-the-shelf consumer motion sensors. This paper examines the practical implications of utilizing Apple iOS mobile devices and Variable Technology KORE NODE devices in the evaluation of …
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Expanding the evidence of endovascular treatment for acute ischemic stroke: patient–centered outcomes, population–level impact, and patients presenting with mild stroke symptoms
… (EVT) for anterior circulation acute ischemic stroke due to large‐vessel occlusion is the new standard of care resulting in reduced disability compared to medical treatment. Practice guidelines recommend the use of EVT but can only speak to the evidence provided by clinical trials and might not …
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Expanding the evidence of endovascular treatment for acute ischemic stroke: patient–centered outcomes, population–level impact, and patients presenting with mild stroke symptoms
… (EVT) for anterior circulation acute ischemic stroke due to large?vessel occlusion is the new standard of care resulting in reduced disability compared to medical treatment. Practice guidelines recommend the use of EVT but can only speak to the evidence provided by clinical trials and might not …
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Optimising service organisation for stroke patients
Background Stroke is the leading cause of long-term neurological disability in adults and the third most common cause of death in Britain. It is well known that in addition to the patient characteristics of age and severity, the treatment a stroke patient receives in hospital signifcantly affects …
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The exploration of self-regulation and transfer anxiety within stroke patients transferred from a hyper acute stroke unit to a ward
Stroke services provide patients with immediate assessment and treatment on a hyper acute stroke unit prior to being transferred for intense rehabilitation. Patients' experience of transfer from a hyper acute stroke unit has yet to be explored. A patient's beliefs regarding their illness are …
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The Impact of Gender, Age, and Performance on Stroke Survivors' Goal Conceptualization, Prioritization, and Attainment
ABSTRACT: Background: Stroke is a leading cause of disability in the United States. Current stroke rehabilitation recommendations include an emphasis on patient centered care and the inclusion of the stroke patient during goal setting and treatment planning. A better understanding of how stroke …
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Classification of electroencephalogram (EEG) for lower limb movement of post stroke patients using artificial neural network (ANN)
… neurological conditions happen suddenly, such as stroke or spinal cord injury. This can cause chronic gait function impairment due to functional deficits in motor control. Current physiotherapy techniques such as functional electrical stimulation (FES) can be used to reconstruct some skills needed …
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Model reference adaptive control for one dof hand rehabilitation robot
… to make them drivable and can give easiness to stroke patients. Besides that, DC motor has variations in its parameters during operation and it also sensitive to disturbances, presence load and environment. Therefore, it may require an advance technique to make the DC motor position stable. Many …
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The effectiveness of community-based rehabilitation for providing services to people with stroke with functional limitations and participation restriction : a systematic review and implications
… providing rehabilitative services to people with stroke with functional limitations and participation restriction. Data sources: Using a highly sensitive search strategy, duplicate searches were conducted for the following databases from January 1976 to May 2010: MEDLINE via PubMed, African Wide …
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Improving behavioral health access and engagement in post-stroke depression support among adult stroke survivors
Problem: Post-stroke depression (PSD) is a common and frequently underrecognized complication of stroke recovery that is associated with poorer functional outcomes, reduced quality of life, increased healthcare utilization, and elevated suicide risk. At Trinity Health in Muskegon, MI, routine …
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Analyzing Extracellular Vesicles as Potential Biomarkers of Stroke Using Polymer Microfluidic Devices
A major drawback of currently available stroke diagnosis methods, such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MRI), is that they cannot provide timely diagnosis within the narrow therapeutic time window of 4.5 h from stroke onset afforded by recombi-nant tissue plasminogen activator …
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Expert system-based post-stroke robotic rehabilitation for hemiparetic arm
… 50 to 60 percent of the more than five million stroke survivors are moderately or minimally impaired, and may greatly benefit from rehabilitation. It is widely accepted that most of the motor recovery occurs within the first one year from the onset of stroke and tends to plateau soon after. …
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The Virtual International Stroke Trials Archive (VISTA): promulgation of a clinial trial resource
Abstract Chapter 1 provides an introduction to stroke including its current prevalence both nationally and globally, aetiology, global importance and social & financial burden. We also describe here current acute stroke management practices, the role of clinical trials in the development of …