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AI Helps a Stroke Patient Speak Again, a Milestone for Tech and Neuroscience
The brain activity of a paralyzed woman is being translated into words spoken by an avatar. This milestone could help others who have lost speech.
Source: NYT Health - August 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Pam Belluck Tags: Brain Artificial Intelligence Stroke Research Voice and Speech Nature (Journal) Computers and the Internet Paralysis Disabilities Stanford University University of California, San Francisco University of California, Berkeley Canada Source Type: news

What Prohibition Can Teach Us About Drug and Alcohol Policy Today
It’s widely understood today that drinking while pregnant is harmful for the fetus. But the link between alcohol and the health of infants wasn’t as well known in the 1930s, when prohibition was repealed in the U.S. and all sorts of people, pregnant women included, began drinking again.Because prohibition was lifted on a piecemeal basis across the U.S., some counties continued to prohibit alcohol, or stay “dry,” while their neighboring counties were “wet.” Those conditions created what economists call a natural experiment, and made it possible to track the health impacts of maternal drin...
Source: TIME: Health - August 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Oliver Staley Tags: Uncategorized Public Health Source Type: news

Sexual Rehabilitation After a Stroke: A Multi-site Qualitative Study About Influencing Factors and Strategies to Improve Services
This study aimed to better understand the factors influencing the provision of sexuality-related post-stroke rehabilitation services by clinicians on different sites and to explore strategies to improve post-stroke rehabilitation services with stakeholders. A qualitative study with co-design methods was conducted with 20 clinicians from five post-stroke rehabilitation centers in Canada, 1 manager and 1 patient-partner. Participants either took part in a focus group or in sessions of an adapted version of the LEGO Serious Play method to explore influencing factors and strategies of improvement in relation to post-stroke sex...
Source: Sexuality and Disability - May 24, 2023 Category: Disability Source Type: research

Quality of Physical Activity Participation Among Adults with Disabilities Through Pandemic Restriction
Can J Occup Ther. 2023 Jun;90(2):161-172. doi: 10.1177/00084174231160954.ABSTRACTBackground. Physical activity (PA) is essential for maintaining well-being in adults with disabilities. This population experienced reduced PA during the COVID-19 pandemic; yet, the impact on quality of PA participation remains unclear. Purpose. This secondary analysis explored how pandemic restrictions impacted six experiential dimensions of quality of PA participation among adults with disabilities. Methods. An exploratory sequential mixed-methods design, including semi-structured interviews (n = 10) and self-reported surveys (n = 61), was c...
Source: Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy - May 15, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Gordon Tao Gurkaran Singh Ethan Simpson Alfiya Battalova Isabelle Rash Somayyeh Mohammadi Julia Schmidt Jaimie Borisoff Ben Mortenson William C Miller Source Type: research

Supporting post-stroke access to services and resources for individuals with low income: understanding usual care practices in acute care and rehabilitation settings
CONCLUSION: To better support post-stroke access to social services and resource for low-income individuals, a multidisciplinary approach, with actions beginning earlier on and extending throughout the continuum of care, is recommended, in addition to system-level advocacy.PMID:37067052 | DOI:10.1080/09638288.2023.2199462
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - April 17, 2023 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Katrine Sauv é-Schenk Patrick Duong Samantha Samonte-Brown Lisa Sheehy Martine Trudelle Jacinthe Savard Source Type: research

IJERPH, Vol. 20, Pages 4642: A Bibliometric Analysis of Stroke Caregiver Research from 1989 to 2022
This study aims to explore the intellectual landscape of studies on stroke caregivers using bibliometric analysis. Studies with “stroke” and “caregiver” terms in the title were extracted from the Web of Sciences (WOS) database. The resulting publications were analysed using the ‘bibliometrix’ package in R. There were 678 publications analysed, dating from 1989 to 2022. The USA has the highest number of publications (28.6%), followed by China (12.1%) and Canada (6.1%). The most productive institution, journal and author were The University o...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - March 6, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Mohd Azmi Bin Suliman Tengku Muhammad Hanis Mohd Khairul Anwar Kamdi Mohd Ismail Ibrahim Kamarul Imran Musa Tags: Article Source Type: research

Addressing access to stroke treatment for patients with pre-existing disabilities
Can J Neurol Sci. 2023 Jan 10:1-4. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2023.5. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:36624084 | DOI:10.1017/cjn.2023.5
Source: The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences - January 9, 2023 Category: Neurology Authors: Noreen Kamal Amy Y X Yu Source Type: research

Imperfect Patients: Disparities in Treatment of Stroke Patients with Pre-Morbid Disability
Can J Neurol Sci. 2022 Dec 12:1-37. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2022.341. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:36503627 | DOI:10.1017/cjn.2022.341
Source: The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences - December 12, 2022 Category: Neurology Authors: Cera Cruise Nicole Mfoafo M'Carthy Aravind Ganesh Bonnie Lashewicz Source Type: research

IJERPH, Vol. 19, Pages 11408: Exploring the Multidimensional Participation of Adults Living in the Community in the Chronic Phase following Acquired Brain Injury
it Gilboa This exploratory study aimed to examine multiple aspects of the participation of adults in the chronic phase following acquired brain injury (ABI), considering different disability levels. Our study included 25 adults ≥6 months after ABI (predominantly stroke), living at home, without severe cognitive decline. Primary measures included the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (subjective participation) and the Mayo-Portland Adaptability Inventory-4 Participation Index (objective participation). The results indicated subjective participation problems in all of the International Classification o...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - September 10, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Aviva Beit Yosef Nirit Refaeli Jeremy M. Jacobs Jeffrey Shames Yafit Gilboa Tags: Article Source Type: research

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