Dr Angela Dos Santos, Australia’s first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander neurologist, points out that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people face a higher incidence and earlier onset of stroke, often due to higher rates of health risk factors like hypertension, diabetes, and high cholest...
Certain factors, such as the severity of the stroke and the patient's age which influence the high disability and mortality rates associated with stroke1, remain beyond our control2. However, other factors such as inflammation related to stroke, have been explored as new targets to prevent strok...
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. References GBD 2015 DALYs and HALE Collaborators. Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990...
Three months after acute stroke, this randomized clinical trial compares rates of death and disability among adult patients receiving continuous or
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Stroke is the major cause of an acquired lifelong physical disability1. As a further complication, patients surviving brain ischemia often develop enhanced brain excitability and epileptic seizures, which negatively affect functional outcomes and have a considerable social and psychological impact on stroke...
Stroke is among the leading causes of disability worldwide1. The most common muscular impairment following stroke is spasticity2, which affects muscle tone. Muscle tone is considered fundamental in maintaining balance, postural stability, and energy-efficient muscle contractions3. Part of the rehabilitat...
Stroke is a leading cause of disability and mortality, particularly among the aged population [1]. Motor disability resulting from a stroke, also known as post-stroke motor impairment, is a common consequence of a cerebrovascular accident. When a stroke occurs, it disrupts the blood supply to ...
Stroke survivors view lower limb disability as a more significant sign of limited mobility than upper limb impairment [20]. Certain foot and ankle disorders have been found to be important predictors of balance and functional capacity among older adults [21]. Stroke is commonly associated with ...
Stroke is the leading global cause of permanent disability and the second leading cause of dementia within the first year of the event. Systematic quality improvement interventions such as Audit & Feedback (A&F) can monitor and improve the performance of post-stroke care in conjunction with the ...