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Stringent public health measures during COVID-19 across ischemic stroke care systems: the potential impact of patient perceptions on health care-seeking behaviors
AbstractDecreases in acute stroke presentations have been reported during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic surges. A recent study by Bojti et al. (GeroScience. 2021;43:2231 –2248) sought to understand the relationship of public health mandates in Hungary as they were implemented with acute ischemic stroke admissions and interventions during two separate COVID-19 waves. We sought to perform a similar analysis of changes in ischemic stroke care at two distinct medical institutions in the USA. Two separate institutions and systems of ischemic stroke care were evaluated through a regional comprehensive stroke...
Source: AGE - April 25, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Emotional and social characteristics of stroke patients with low verbal memory.
CONCLUSIONS: Because the social engagement may be treated as protective factor in the course of recovery we would recommend that during rehabilitation more attention should be paid to emotional and social functioning of stroke patients with low verbal memory. PMID: 29340965 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research - January 17, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Zawadzka E, Domańska Ł Tags: Aging Clin Exp Res Source Type: research

Design considerations for a theory-driven exergame-based rehabilitation program to improve walking of persons with stroke
Abstract Virtual rehabilitation approaches for promoting motor recovery has attracted considerable attention in recent years. It appears to be a useful tool to provide beneficial and motivational rehabilitation conditions. Following a stroke, hemiparesis is one of the most disabling impairments and, therefore, many affected people often show substantial deficits in walking abilities. Hence, one of the major goals of stroke rehabilitation is to improve patients' gait characteristics and hence to regain their highest possible level of walking ability. Because previous studies indicate a relationship between walking ...
Source: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity - December 7, 2013 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Moringa oleifera seed extract protects against brain damage in both the acute and delayed stages of ischemic stroke.
Abstract The extract of Moringa oleifera (M. oleifera) seeds exerts various pharmacological effects. Our previous study demonstrated that M. oleifera seed extract (MSE) alleviates scopolamine-induced learning and memory impairment in mice. In the present study, we investigate the neuropharmacological properties of 70% ethanolic MSE in the acute and delayed stages of ischemic stroke. MSE may be effective for the prevention and/or treatment of acute ischemic stroke. The most effective dose was 500 mg/kg, and the therapeutic window seemed to be within 4 h after reperfusion. Additionally, we found that MSE treatme...
Source: Experimental Gerontology - April 26, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Zeng K, Li Y, Yang W, Ge Y, Xu L, Ren T, Zhang H, Zhuo R, Peng L, Chen C, Zhou Y, Zhao Y, Li WJ, Jin X, Yang L Tags: Exp Gerontol Source Type: research

“Are you going to come and see us again soon?” An intergenerational event between stroke survivors and school-children
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults,Volume 17, Issue 4, Page 246-252, December 2016. Purpose A one-hour intergenerational event held at an infant school in Norfolk, England, aimed to increase the citizenship experience of young children and their awareness of what it means to live with stroke, and to address social isolation or self-confidence in communicating among stroke survivors with aphasia. It was also intended to gauge whether this activity might provide a basis for future research. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach Four community-dwelling stroke survivors with aphasia were recruited...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - November 22, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

224 Dance Artist and Physiotherapist Collaboration in Stroke Rehabilitation
ConclusionWithin this study we questioned: what is required to create successful collaboration within a medical context? We hope that describing how this particular collaboration was successful will benefit those interested in similar collaborations.
Source: Age and Ageing - September 16, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Association Between Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Cognitive Function in Older Adults—The Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke Study
ConclusionHigher levels of objectively measured MVPA%, rather than LPA% or ST%, were associated with lower prevalence of cognitive impairment and better performance in memory and executive function in aging people. The amount of MVPA associated with lower prevalence of cognitive impairment is consistent with meeting PA guidelines.
Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - December 22, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Wenfei Zhu, Virginia J. Howard, Virginia G. Wadley, Brent Hutto, Steven N. Blair, John E. Vena, Natalie Colabianchi, David Rhodes, Steven P. Hooker Tags: Clinical Investigations Source Type: research

Effect of environmental enrichment and isolation on behavioral and histological indices following focal ischemia in old rats
AbstractStroke is a disease of aging. In stroke patients, the enriched group that received stimulating physical, eating, socializing, and group activities resulted in higher activity levels including spending more time on upper limb, communal socializing, listening and iPad activities. While environmental enrichment has been shown to improve the behavioral outcome of stroke in young animals, the effect of an enriched environment on behavioral recuperation and histological markers of cellular proliferation, neuroinflammation, and neurogenesis inold subjects is not known. We used behavioral testing and immunohistochemistry t...
Source: AGE - August 12, 2021 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

MRI for all: Cheap portable scanners aim to revolutionize medical imaging
.news-article__hero--featured .parallax__element{ object-position: 47% 50%; -o-object-position: 47% 50%; } The patient, a man in his 70s with a shock of silver hair, lies in the neuro intensive care unit (neuro ICU) at Yale New Haven Hospital. Looking at him, you’d never know that a few days earlier a tumor was removed from his pituitary gland. The operation didn’t leave a mark because, as is standard, surgeons reached the tumor through his nose. He chats cheerfully with a pair of research associates who have come to check his progress with a new and potentially revolutionary device they are testing. The cylind...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - February 23, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Vision and proprioception in action monitoring by young and older adults.
This study investigated the individual's capability to discriminate the directions of seen cursor motions and felt hand movements under a visuo-motor rotation paradigm and its age-related variation. Young and older participants performed 3-stroke arm movements on a digitizing tablet without seeing their arm. The visual feedback of the second stroke was rotated randomly by various angles ranging from -30° to 30° and displayed on a monitor. Older adults were poorer in discrimination than young adults. In both age groups, the felt hand direction was shifted toward the seen cursor direction (i.e., visual capture) by approxi...
Source: Neurobiology of Aging - February 20, 2013 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Rand MK, Wang L, Müsseler J, Heuer H Tags: Neurobiol Aging Source Type: research

UK medical teaching about ageing is improving but there is still work to be done: the Second National Survey of Undergraduate Teaching in Ageing and Geriatric Medicine
Conclusions: there was an improvement in teaching and assessment of learning outcomes in ageing and geriatric medicine for UK undergraduates between 2008 and 2013. However, further work is needed to increase the amount of teaching time devoted to ageing and to improve teaching around elder abuse and the domains of health used in CGA.
Source: Age and Ageing - February 18, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Gordon, A. L., Blundell, A., Dhesi, J. K., Forrester-Paton, C., Forrester-Paton, J., Mitchell, H. K., Bracewell, N., Mjojo, J., Masud, T., Gladman, J. R. F. Tags: Short Reports Source Type: research

Disassociation of verbal learning and hippocampal volume in type 2 diabetes and major depression
ConclusionsThe relationship between hippocampal volume and performance on the California Verbal Learning Test is decoupled in subjects with type 2 diabetes and major depression and this decoupling may contribute to poor verbal learning and memory performance in this study population. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Source: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - June 12, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: O. Ajilore, M. Lamar, J. Medina, K. Watari, V. Elderkin‐Thompson, A. Kumar Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

Memory performance on the story recall test and prediction of cognitive dysfunction progression in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's dementia
ConclusionsThe present study suggests that the SRT delayed recall score independently predicts progression to dementia in patients with MCI. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2016; ••: ••–••.
Source: Geriatrics and Gerontology International - November 30, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Jong ‐Hwan Park, Hyuntae Park, Sang Wuk Sohn, Sungjae Kim, Kyung Won Park Tags: Original Article: Epidemiology, Clinical Practice and Health Source Type: research

Learning new gait patterns: Age-related differences in skill acquisition and interlimb transfer.
Abstract Evidence from upper-extremity literature suggests that the normal ageing process affects an individual's ability to learn and retain a motor skill, but spares their ability to transfer the skill to the untrained, opposite limb. While this phenomenon has been well-studied in the upper-extremity, evidence in the lower-extremity is limited. Further, it is unclear to what extent age-related differences in motor learning and transfer are dependent on visual feedback of the motor task. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the effects of ageing on motor learning, retention, and interlimb transfer ...
Source: Experimental Gerontology - July 4, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Krishnan C, Washabaugh EP, Reid CE, Althoen MM, Ranganathan R Tags: Exp Gerontol Source Type: research

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