The action plan provides a clear road map and suggests recommendations and targets for 2030 as an aide to governments. It has the aim... Stroke survivors could gain the most from new blood pressure guidelines 6 June 2018 Treating high blood pressure in stroke survivors more aggressively, cou...
Effective stroke rehabilitation requires high-dose, repetitive-task training, especially during the early recovery phase. However, the usability of upper-limb rehabilitation technology in acute and subacute stroke survivors remains relatively unexplored.
"Communication problems are also very common after a stroke, with an estimated one-third of stroke survivors experiencing problems with speaking, reading, writing and understanding," Athwal said. "Around a third of people who have a stroke will experience a complex language and communication disorder...
Stroke is the leading cause of disability worldwide, affecting 80 million people worldwide [1]. It has been estimated that the global incidence of stroke will increase by > 13.7 million new cases each year [2]. Up to approximately 80% of stroke survivors have varying degrees of upper ...
Stroke is one of the most frequent diseases, and half of the stroke survivors are left with permanent impairment. Prediction of individual outcome is still difficult. Many but not all patients with stroke improve by approximately 1.7 times the initial impairment, that has been termed proportional ...
s experience and perceptions of employing stroke survivors, any support the participant may or may not have received from both within and external to the workplace and their views and recommendations as to future support mechanisms and how these might be funded. Additions to the guide were made...
used to understand the status of the family resilience of stroke survivors, explore the correlation between family resilience and self-efficacy in disease management, caregiver burden, family function and social support and analyse the factors influencing the family resilience of stroke survivors in ...
function. Although walking independence is an important goal for stroke survivors, independence achieved via compensatory strategies may prevent the recovery of propulsion needed for the fast, economical, and stable gait that is characteristic of healthy bipedal locomotion. We posit that post-stroke ...
A different approach trying to enhance EMG systems with near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) was taken initially by Herrmann and Buchenrieder [112] in an attempt to reduce electrode crosstalk. This approach was also pursued by a couple other groups [113,114], but challenges related to the time re...
Objective: Neonates with congenital heart disease (CHD) and perinatal stroke have high mortality and survivors are at risk for poor long-term neurodevelopmental outcome. The aim of this study was to assess the risk factors and outcome of neonates with both CHD and MRI-confirmed perinatal stroke ...