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Deep brain stimulation of the cerebellum for poststroke motor rehabilitation: from laboratory to clinical trial.
Abstract Ischemic stroke is a leading cause of disability worldwide, with profound economic costs. Poststroke motor impairment is the most commonly encountered deficit resulting in significant disability and is the primary driver of stroke-associated healthcare expenditures. Although many patients derive some degree of benefit from physical rehabilitation, a significant proportion continue to suffer from persistent motor impairment. Noninvasive brain stimulation, vagal nerve stimulation, epidural cortical stimulation, and deep brain stimulation (DBS) have all been studied as potential modalities to improve upon th...
Source: Neurosurgical Focus - August 1, 2018 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Wathen CA, Frizon LA, Maiti TK, Baker KB, Machado AG Tags: Neurosurg Focus Source Type: research

Balance evaluation techniques and physical therapy in post-stroke patients: A literature review
Publication date: Available online 17 November 2016 Source:Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska Author(s): Eglė Lendraitienė, Agnė Tamošauskaitė, Daiva Petruševičienė, Raimondas Savickas A stroke (cerebrovascular accident – CVA) is a significant social–economic issue. Approximately 15–30% of all patients develop life-long disability, 20% require over 3 months of specialized care in healthcare institutions, and the majority of the patients never recover the ability to maintain a proper vertical position. Such CVA sequelae as balance disturbances not only negatively affect patients’ daily physical activity, bu...
Source: Polish Journal of Neurology and Neurosurgery - November 17, 2016 Category: Neurosurgery 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