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Fine-tuning and personalization of EEG-based neglect detection in stroke patients - Kocanaogullari D, Huang X, Mak J, Shih M, Skidmore E, Wittenberg GF, Ostadabbas S, Akcakaya M.
Spatial neglect (SN) is a neurological disorder that causes inattention to visual stimuli in the contralesional visual field, stemming from unilateral brain injury such as stroke. The current gold standard method of SN assessment, the conventional Behavior...
Source: SafetyLit - December 14, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Depression, anxiety, and suicide after stroke: a narrative review of the best available evidence - Chun HYY, Ford A, Kutlubaev MA, Almeida OP, Mead GE.
Depression and anxiety each affect around 1 in 3 people during the first year after a stroke. Suicide causes the death of about 3 to 4/1000 stroke survivors during the first 5 years. This narrative review describes the best available evidence for the epide...
Source: SafetyLit - December 8, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Changes in gait characteristics of stroke patients with foot drop after the combination treatment of foot drop stimulator and moving treadmill training - Peishun C, Haiwang Z, Taotao L, Hongli G, Yu M, Wanrong Z.
OBJECTIVE: To study the changes in gait characteristics of stroke patients with foot drop after the combination treatment of foot drop stimulator and moving treadmill training and thus provide a basis for the improvement in a foot drop gait after stroke. ...
Source: SafetyLit - December 6, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Investigating the underlying biomechanical mechanisms leading to falls in long-term ankle-foot orthosis and functional electrical stimulator users with chronic stroke - Nevisipour M, Honeycutt CF.
BACKGROUND: Ankle-foot-orthoses (AFOs) and functional electrical stimulators (FES) are commonly prescribed to treat foot-drop in individuals with stroke. Despite well-established positive impacts of AFO and FES devices on balance and gait, AFO and FES-user...
Source: SafetyLit - December 6, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Comparison of the psychometric properties of three commonly used fall risk assessment tools: a prospective observational study for stroke patients - Arslan, Tosun Z.
BACKGROUND: A reliable tool recommendation is needed to identify the risk of falling in hospitalized stroke patients. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to identify the most reliable fall risk assessment tool among the Morse Fall Scale (MFS), It...
Source: SafetyLit - December 6, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Cumulative concussion and odds of stroke in former National Football League players - Brett BL, Kerr ZY, Aggarwal NT, Chandran A, Mannix R, Walton S, DeFreese JD, Echemendia RJ, Guskiewicz KM, McCrea MA, Meehan WP.
We examined the relationship between concussion and stroke history in former National...
Source: SafetyLit - December 1, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Effect of 6-week balance exercise by real-time postural feedback system on walking ability for patients with chronic stroke: a pilot single-blind randomized controlled trial - Komiya M, Maeda N, Narahara T, Suzuki Y, Fukui K, Tsutsumi S, Yoshimi M, Ishibashi N, Shirakawa T, Urabe Y.
Stroke causes balance dysfunction, leading to decreased physical activity and increased falls. Thus, effective balance exercises are needed to improve balance dysfunction. This single-blind, single-center randomized controlled trial evaluated the long-term...
Source: SafetyLit - November 29, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Effects of intensive multiplanar trunk training coupled with dual-task exercises on balance, mobility, and fall risk in patients with stroke: a randomized controlled trial - Ahmed U, Karimi H, Amir S, Ahmed A.
OBJECTIVE: We determined whether an exercise regime comprising high-intensity training, multiplanar trunk movements, and dual-task practice could improve trunk control, balance, functional mobility, and reduce fall risk in patients with hemiplegic stroke. ...
Source: SafetyLit - November 29, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Walking through an aperture while penetrating from the paretic side improves safety managing the paretic side for individuals with stroke who had previous falls - Muroi D, Saito Y, Koyake A, Higo F, Numaguchi T, Higuchi T.
BACKGROUND: Safety management of the paretic side of the body is critical for individuals with stroke. We previously reported that individuals with stroke who walk through an aperture while penetrating from the paretic side had fewer collisions with the fr...
Source: SafetyLit - November 29, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Fear of falling and related factors during everyday activities in patients with chronic stroke - Park S, Cho OH.
The aim of this study was to examine the impact of physical function, anxiety, and depression on the fear of falling associated with everyday activities in patients with stroke. This was a cross-sectional descriptive survey. Convenience sampling was used t...
Source: SafetyLit - November 26, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Assessing the fidelity of the independently getting up off the floor (IGO) technique as part of the ReTrain pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial for stroke survivors - Hollands L, Calitri R, Warmoth K, Shepherd A, Allison R, Dean S.
PURPOSE: Hemiparesis and physical deconditioning following stroke lead to an increase in falls, which many individuals cannot get up from. Teaching stroke survivors to independently get off the floor (IGO) might mitigate long-lie complications. IGO was tau...
Source: SafetyLit - November 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Minimal clinically important difference of the gait assessment and intervention tool for adults with stroke - Smith MG, Patritti BL.
BACKGROUND: The Gait Assessment and Intervention Tool (GAIT) provides a valid and reliable gait quality measure for adults with stroke, however a minimal clinically important difference (MCID) is yet to be determined. RESEARCH QUESTION: What is the GAIT MC...
Source: SafetyLit - November 8, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
CHA(2)DS(2)-VASc and has-BLED scores do not accurately stratify risk for stroke or bleed in fall victims with atrial fibrillation - Carr BW, Wooster ME, Nemani LA, Severance SE, Hartwell JL.
BACKGROUND: Falls are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly. Non-valvular Atrial fibrillation (AF) is present in up to 9% of this group and often requires oral anticoagulation (OAC). The CHA(2)DS(2)-VASc and HAS-BLED scores are valida...
Source: SafetyLit - November 8, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Preventing leading causes of death: systematic review of cost-utility literature - Khushalani JS, Song S, Calhoun BH, Puddy RW, Kucik JE.
The objective of this review is to examine the economic value of prevention interventions addressing thes...
Source: SafetyLit - November 8, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Risk factors related to falling in patients after stroke - Djurovic O, Mihaljevic O, Radovanovi ć S, Kostic S, Vukicevic M, Brkic BG, Stankovic S, Radulovic D, Vukomanovic IS, Radevic SR.
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors associated with falling in post stroke patients. METHODS: This retrospective case-control study included 561 neurology patients hospitalized for a stroke and divided into two groups...
Source: SafetyLit - November 3, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
