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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"chronic stroke"”.
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The Lived Experience of Informal Caregivers of Chronic Stroke Patients
… is to contribute to the literature surrounding stroke-survivor caregivers and to understand the caregivers’ perspective on leisure participation and quality of life. Four caregivers of clients with chronic stroke were recruited for the study via convenience sampling. Participants were …
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Assessment of Real-World Upper Limb Activity in Adults with Chronic Stroke
… is a common motor impairment following stroke that leads to disability. The goal of stroke-related physical rehabilitation is to reduce the severity of motor-related disability in hopes that improved motor capacity (i.e. what one can do) will generalize to improved motor performance …
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Motor and Neurophysiological Effects of Ischemic Conditioning (IC) and Tele-Based IC in Chronic Stroke
… neurophysiological outcomes in individuals with chronic stroke. Using neurophysiological measures to evaluate corticomotor excitability and transcallosal inhibition (TCI), these studies tested whether IC and tele-based ischemic conditioning (tele-IC) modulate corticomotor activity and motor …
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Extended Treatment Window Exists for Improving Sensorimotor Recovery Using Anti-Nogo a Immunotherapy in Adult Rats with Chronic Stroke Deficits
<p>Stroke related death ranks as the fourth most common cause of mortality in the United States. Current therapeutic options following stroke are limited. One potential therapy involves the use of anti-Nogo-A immunotherapy post-stroke. Our laboratory has shown that the administration of this novel …
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Participants' Perspectives On the Feasibility and Benefits of An Intensive, Task-Specific Intervention For Individuals With Chronic Stroke: A Qualitative Analysis
… task specific intervention for individuals with chronic stroke from the perspective of those who participated. Research Design: Qualitative analysis using a phenomenological approach. Methods: A purposive sample of eight participants voluntarily participating in an intensive, task-specific …
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The Effects of an Acute Bout of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation on Anabolic Signaling of the mTORC1 Pathway in Individuals with Chronic Stroke
Stroke causes limited ability to produce voluntary muscle contraction and movement on one side of the body leading to further muscle wasting and weakness. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) is often used to facilitate involuntary muscle contraction; however, the effect of NMES on muscle …
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The Experience of Adults with Chronic Stroke who have Participated in Occupation-Based or Modified Constraint Induced Interventions as a Part of a Research Study
… about the client perspective of specific chronic stroke interventions for motor recovery. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to understand the experiences of adults with chronic stroke who have participated in occupation-based (OBP) or modified constraint-induced (MCIT) …
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Foot, ankle and lower limb somatosensory dysfunction in stroke
… the foot, ankle and lower limb persist into the chronic phase of stroke is unclear. Furthermore, the extent to which these impairments influence walking, balance and falls is not well understood. This thesis investigated the prevalence, functional importance and measurement of lower limb …
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Improving community walking after stroke; the effect of dual task treadmill training on gait, cognition and brain control mechanisms of dual task walking in chronic stroke survivors
… walking ability is one of the major goals in stroke rehabilitation. Even if motor recovery of the lower limbs does occur, the ability to walk in the community is often still impaired. This thesis set out to explore dual task ability after stroke in relation to community walking and explored …
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Assessment of Proprioceptive Acuity in Patients with Stroke with Left Hemiplegia Compared to Healthy Controls
… maintenance of muscle tone and posture. Cortical stroke is known to cause impairment of proprioception, thus diminishing motor learning, postural control, and the ability to carry out activities of daily life. In this research we obtained objective measures of wrist position sense to elucidate the …
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Investigating the Influence of Upper Limb Movements on Lower Limb Neuroplasticity in Humans
… focus on both healthy individuals and those with chronic stroke. Using neurophysiological tools to assess spinal and cortical excitability, the studies examined whether UL activity modulates LL neuromotor function through interlimb neural coupling. In healthy adults, a novel UL movement paradigm …
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A 12 month follow up of the re-education of arm and hand function following stroke (Reach) randomised controlled trial : a mixed methods study
… for upper limb rehabilitation following stroke, although current devices are limited in functionality. To address this a new movement-triggered FES device was developed and trialled in people with chronic stroke in the REAcH study.Studies of long term effects of FES have been limited both …
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Neurophysiological effects of arm weight support: Implications for stroke rehabilitation
… and improve movement quality during upper limb stroke rehabilitation. However, the underlying neurophysiological effects of weight support are not well understood. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the neurophysiological effects of arm weight support in healthy adults and chronic stroke …
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DEVELOPMENT OF A ROBOTIC EXOSKELETON SYSTEM FOR GAIT REHABILITATION
… gait rehabilitation training to sub-acute and chronic stroke patients at home and outpatient setting. The exoskeleton robotic system consists of a knee joint and an ankle joint, which is wearable, lightweight and in modular design. The robotic joint is actuated by a novel series elastic …
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Robotic technology to aid and assess recovery and learning in stroke patients
… about 700,000 people in the United States have a stroke, making it a leading cause of serious, long-term disability. Modalities of therapy often assume the processes underlying motor recovery and motor learning are similar because both exhibit activity- dependent neural plasticity. However, the …
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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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MIT Skywalker : a novel robot for gait rehabilitation of stroke and cerebral palsy patients
… 3 people in the United States will have a stroke and every hour an American baby is born with cerebral palsy. The only method available to recover from motor impairments associated with these brain injuries is time-consuming labor intensive physical and occupational therapy. Upper extremity …
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Brain activation following constraint-induced movement therapy using functional near infrared spectroscopy in stroke patients
… a rehabilitation technique that is utilized with stroke patients to regain function of an affected extremity. CIMT provides patients the resources to help enhance their reliance on an impaired limb while constraining the intact limb. Over time, the impaired limb gains strength and is able to …
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The re-education of upper limb movement post stroke using iterative learning control mediated by electrical stimulation
… involving reaching is a common problem following stroke. Evidence supports the use of robotic therapy and electrical stimulation (ES) to reduce upper limb impairments following stroke, but current systems may not encourage maximal voluntary contribution from the participant. This study developed …
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