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Newly Identified Gait Patterns in Patient With Multiple Sclerosis May Be Related to Push-Off Quality.
CONCLUSION: Based on a small set of nine variables measured with 2D clinical gait analysis, patients with MS could be divided into three different gait classes. The gait variables are suggestive of insufficient ankle push-off.
PMID: 27174257 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Physical Therapy - May 11, 2016 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Kempen JC, Doorenbosch CA, Knol DL, de Groot V, Beckerman H Tags: Phys Ther Source Type: research
Non-invasive brain stimulation for stroke recovery: ready for the big time?
Stroke is the commonest cause of physical disability in the world and yet we are still struggling for consensus on how best to treat stroke survivors in order to maximise recovery after the acute event. When it comes to treating motor impairment there are two complementary therapeutic approaches to consider. First, physical therapies which are based on massed practice followed by incorporation of improvements into functional tasks through the instruction and knowledge provided by skilled physiotherapists and occupational therapists.1 Second, there are a number of experimental approaches under investigation which aim to inc...
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - March 15, 2016 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Ward, N. S. Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Effect of myofeedback on the threshold of the stretch reflex response of post-stroke spastic patients.
Conclusion The myofeedback training provided a significant contribution to conventional treatment, allowing for a better improvement of the spastic condition. Implications for rehabilitation Biofeedback is an effective means of improving motor control of post-stroke spastic patients. The Tonic Stretch Reflex Threshold is a more sensitive quantitative measure to assess upper-limb post-stroke spasticity. Spastic patients who participate in myofeedback training along with physical therapy can improve faster then those who participate only in traditional physical therapy rehabilitation protocols.
PMID: 26939989 [PubMed - ...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - March 4, 2016 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Vieira D, Silva MB, Melo MC, Soares AB Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research
Inpatient Rehabilitation Outcomes in Patients With Stroke Over Age 85 Years.
CONCLUSIONS: The very elderly admitted to IRF stroke rehabilitation made functional gains and most were able to return to the community.
PMID: 26916929 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Physical Therapy - February 25, 2016 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: O'Brien SR, Xue Y Tags: Phys Ther Source Type: research
Let's Encourage Congress to Improve Stroke Care FAST
She thought she was choking. It was June of her first year as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. Joyce Beatty had just returned to her office following a luncheon when she felt her throat shut down. She couldn't swallow, couldn't talk. Couldn't cry for help. As she reached for water, her left side went numb. She collapsed. Someone called 911, thinking it was a heart attack. It was a stroke. Specifically, a brain stem stroke. The brain stem is a precarious spot -- a half-inch wide area that controls basic activities like consciousness, blood pressure and breathing. A stroke there could harm any of those functio...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on lower extremity spasticity and motor function in stroke patients.
CONCLUSION: Low-frequency rTMS over the LE motor area can improve clinical measures of muscle spasticity and motor function. More studies are needed to clarify the changes underlying this improvement in spasticity. Implications for Rehabilitation Spasticity is a common disorder and one of the causes of long-term disability after stroke. Physical therapy modalities, oral medications, focal intervention and surgical procedures have been used for spasticity reduction. Beneficial effect of the repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for post-stroke upper extremity spasticity reduction and motor function improvement...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - February 15, 2016 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Rastgoo M, Naghdi S, Nakhostin Ansari N, Olyaei G, Jalaei S, Forogh B, Najari H Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research
Book Review: Upper-extremity task-specific training after stroke or disability: A manual for occupational therapy and physical therapy.
PMID: 26739879 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy - January 5, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Walsh AH Tags: Can J Occup Ther Source Type: research
Tablet Apps and Dexterity: Comparison Between 3 Age Groups and Proof of Concept for Stroke Rehabilitation
Conclusions: Performance of tablet app-based hand activities was affected by impaired hand dexterity in older participants without a disability and in participants with stroke. Tablet apps may potentially provide a way to facilitate self-training of repetitive, task-oriented, isolated finger and hand movements to improve hand dexterity and function after stroke.
Video abstract available for additional insights from the authors (see Supplemental Digital Content 1, http://links.lww.com/JNPT/A118 ).
Source: Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy - December 18, 2015 Category: Physiotherapy Tags: Research Articles Source Type: research
Effectiveness of neuromuscular taping on painful hemiplegic shoulder: a randomised clinical trial.
CONCLUSION: Our study demonstrates that NMT decreases pain and increases the ROM in subjects with shoulder pain after a stroke. Implications for Rehabilitation Painful hemiplegic shoulder is a frequent complication after stroke with negative impacts on functional activities and on quality of life of people, moreover restricts rehabilitation intervention. Neuromuscular taping is a technique introduced by David Blow for the treatment of neuromuscoloskeletal problems. This study shows the reduction of pain and the improvement of range of motion after the application of an upper limb neuromuscular taping. Rehabilitation profes...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - December 18, 2015 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Pillastrini P, Rocchi G, Deserri D, Foschi P, Mardegan M, Naldi MT, Villafañe JH, Bertozzi L Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research
Tablet Apps and Dexterity: Comparison Between 3 Age Groups and Proof of Concept for Stroke Rehabilitation.
CONCLUSIONS: Performance of tablet app-based hand activities was affected by impaired hand dexterity in older participants without a disability and in participants with stroke. Tablet apps may potentially provide a way to facilitate self-training of repetitive, task-oriented, isolated finger and hand movements to improve hand dexterity and function after stroke. VIDEO ABSTRACT AVAILABLE: for additional insights from the authors (see Supplemental Digital Content 1, http://links.lww.com/JNPT/A118).
PMID: 26630324 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Physical Therapy - December 1, 2015 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Kizony R, Zeilig G, Dudkiewicz I, Schejter-Margalit T, Rand D Tags: J Neurol Phys Ther Source Type: research
Can You Think Yourself Into A Different Person?
For years she had tried to be the perfect wife and mother but now, divorced, with two sons, having gone through another break-up and in despair about her future, she felt as if she’d failed at it all, and she was tired of it. On 6 June 2007 Debbie Hampton, of Greensboro, North Carolina, took an overdose of more than 90 pills – a combination of ten different prescription drugs, some of which she’d stolen from a neighbor’s bedside cabinet. That afternoon, she’d written a note on her computer: “I’ve screwed up this life so bad that there is no place here for me and nothing I can contr...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - November 19, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Self-Advocacy
On August 18, 2008 I went up to the office to do a load of xeroxing, throwing my bag in the back seat of the car. When I got to school, however, something was wrong. Though early in the am, it was like I was drunk, with walking wobbly and difficult. Being a compulsive, I idiotically worked for half an hour, holding on to the copying machine to steady myself. Then I drove home (second stupid act), called the health help line, where they told me to get to the ER. And don't drive! Once there, they figured I had had a stroke and put me on coumadin, a powerful blood thinner. Three days later, in the evening, a nurse wrote on my...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Examining the Association Between Comorbidity Indices and Functional Status in Hospitalized Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries.
CONCLUSIONS: The five comorbidity indices contributed little to predicting functional status. The indices examined were not useful as proxies for functional status in the acute settings studied.
PMID: 26564253 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Physical Therapy - November 12, 2015 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Kumar A, Graham JE, Resnik L, Karmarkar AM, Deutsch A, Tan A, Al Snih S, Ottenbacher KJ Tags: Phys Ther Source Type: research
Early Mobilization in Ischemic Stroke: A Pilot Randomized Trial of Safety and Feasibility in a Public Hospital in Brazil
This report presents the feasibility and safety findings for the pilot phase of this trial. Methods: The primary outcomes were time to first mobilization, total duration of mobilization, complications during early mobilization, falls within 3 months, mortality within 3 months, and medical complications of immobility. We included adult patients with CT- or MRI-confirmed ischemic stroke within 48 h of symptom onset who were admitted from March to November 2012 to the acute vascular unit or general emergency unit of a large urban emergency department (ED) at the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre. The severity of the neuro...
Source: Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra - April 27, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
Development and Evaluation of Self-Management and Task-Oriented Approach to Rehabilitation Training (START) in the Home: Case Report.
DISCUSSION: The KTA Cycle provided a structure for the development of this evidence-based rehabilitation intervention which was feasible to implement in the home. Further evaluation needs to be undertaken to assess the effectiveness of START.
PMID: 25721121 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Physical Therapy - February 26, 2015 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Richardson J, DePaul V, Officer A, Wilkins S, Letts L, Bosch J, Wishart L Tags: Phys Ther Source Type: research
