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' Smart ' Robot Technology Could Give Stroke Rehab a Boost
WEDNESDAY, July 19, 2017 -- Scientists say they have developed a " smart " robotic harness that might make it easier for people to learn to walk again after a stroke or spinal cord injury. The harness, the researchers said, can be fine-tuned to...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - July 19, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

SENSory re-learning of the UPPer limb after stroke (SENSUPP): study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial
Many stroke survivors suffer from sensory impairments of their affected upper limb (UL). Although such impairments can affect the ability to use the UL in everyday activities, very little attention is paid to ...
Source: Trials - April 17, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: H åkan Carlsson, Birgitta Rosén, Hélène Pessah-Rasmussen, Anders Björkman and Christina Brogårdh Tags: Study protocol Source Type: research

AHA: Therapy Dogs Like Katie Are Good Medicine After Stroke
FRIDAY, April 27, 2018 (American Heart Association) -- When Scott Vande Zande had a serious stroke 15 years ago, his beloved golden retriever Hollie was key to his recovery. " I had to learn to speak again, but there were times I couldn ' t talk, " ...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 27, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Health Tip: Learn Warning Signs of Heat Stroke
-- As summer weather heats up, it is important to recognize symptoms of heat stroke. Normally, you regulate your body temperature by sweating. But in some cases, the body ' s temperature-control system is overtaxed and your temperature rises too...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - June 20, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

SENSory re-learning of the UPPer limb (SENSUPP) after stroke: development and description of a novel intervention using the TIDieR checklist
Sensorimotor impairments of upper limb (UL) are common after stroke, leading to difficulty to use the UL in daily life. Even though many have sensory impairments in the UL, specific sensory training is often l...
Source: Trials - July 5, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: H åkan Carlsson, Birgitta Rosén, Anders Björkman, Hélène Pessah-Rasmussen and Christina Brogårdh Tags: Methodology Source Type: research

Depicting the interplay between organisational tiers in the use of a national quality registry to develop quality of care in Sweden
Conclusions: If NQRs are to provide for quality improvement and learning opportunities, advances must be made in the links between the structures and processes across all organisational tiers, including decision-makers, administrators and health professionals engaged in a particular healthcare process.
Source: BMC Health Services Research - November 25, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Ann EldhMio FredrikssonSofie VengbergChristina HalfordLars WallinTobias DahlströmUlrika Winblad Source Type: research

Health system makes cutting-edge telemedicine affordable
With the right kind of equipment, can a video conference between an ambulance and an on-call neurologist deliver the same stroke assessment results as at the bedside in the emergency room? The University of Virginia Health System, after over one year of research, is poised to find out. Previously, AMA Wire® brought you the theory behind the University of Virginia (UVA) Health System’s research efforts to bring telemedicine to the ambulance so they can improve care for patients who are experiencing a stroke. We recently caught up with the UVA team to find out that their telestroke model iTreat is now in action. Andre...
Source: AMA Wire - March 25, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Troy Parks Source Type: news

How one ED uses telemedicine in the ambulance
When you think of telemedicine, what comes to mind? Often the answer is a split screen—physician and patient in separate locations on their computers or tablets. But one health system has shown the true breadth of telemedicine’s reach by using the technology to treat patients during the critical early moments of a stroke. Find out how. The risk of damage and disability in patients who are experiencing a stroke increases with any delay in care delivery. Two emergency physicians at the University of Virginia (UVA) Health System understood the need for speed when it comes to caring for patients in the midst of acute str...
Source: AMA Wire - February 5, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Troy Parks Source Type: news

Methodological issues in the design and evaluation of supported communication for aphasia training: a cluster-controlled feasibility study
Conclusions The feasibility study informed components of the intervention and implementation in day-to-day practice. Modifications to the design are needed before a definitive cluster-randomised trial can be undertaken. Trial registration number ISRCTN37002304; Results.
Source: BMJ Open - April 17, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Horton, S., Clark, A., Barton, G., Lane, K., Pomeroy, V. M. Tags: Open access, Communication, Rehabilitation medicine Research Source Type: research

FAST-IT: Find A Simple Test -- In TIA (transient ischaemic attack): a prospective cohort study to develop a multivariable prediction model for diagnosis of TIA through proteomic discovery and candidate lipid mass spectrometry, neuroimaging and machine learning--study protocol
Introduction Transient ischaemic attack (TIA) may be a warning sign of stroke and difficult to differentiate from minor stroke and TIA-mimics. Urgent evaluation and diagnosis is important as treating TIA early can prevent subsequent strokes. Recent improvements in mass spectrometer technology allow quantification of hundreds of plasma proteins and lipids, yielding large datasets that would benefit from different approaches including machine learning. Using plasma protein, lipid and radiological biomarkers, our study will develop predictive algorithms to distinguish TIA from minor stroke (positive control) and TIA-mimics (n...
Source: BMJ Open - April 1, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Milton, A. G., Lau, S., Kremer, K. L., Rao, S. R., Mas, E., Snel, M. F., Trim, P. J., Sharma, D., Edwards, S., Jenkinson, M., Kleinig, T., Noschka, E., Hamilton-Bruce, M. A., Koblar, S. A. Tags: Open access, Health services research Source Type: research

Factors facilitating a national quality registry to aid clinical quality improvement: findings of a national survey
Conclusions While an NQR like Riksstroke demonstrates improvement needs and motivates stakeholders to make progress, local stroke care staff and managers need to engage to keep the momentum going in terms of applying registry data when planning, performing and evaluating quality initiatives.
Source: BMJ Open - November 8, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Eldh, A. C., Wallin, L., Fredriksson, M., Vengberg, S., Winblad, U., Halford, C., Dahlström, T. Tags: Open access, Evidence based practice, Health services research, Neurology Source Type: research

Court case could increase liability exposure, redefine injury
A state supreme court is set to determine whether “loss of chance” for a better outcome should be recognized as a legal injury in medical liability lawsuits—which could leave physicians exposed to increased liability. The details of the case At stake in Smith v. Providence Health Services is whether or not the Oregon Supreme Court should redefine what constitutes an injury legally to include the lost possibility of a better outcome, known in legal terms as the “loss of chance” doctrine. Existing law does not include loss of chance as grounds for medical liability. The case is an attempt to expand the definiti...
Source: AMA Wire - January 11, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Amy Farouk Source Type: news

How to help patients make heart health changes: Q&A with Dr. Rakotz
Dietary and lifestyle changes are difficult to make. Once habits are formed, the effort that is required to change is often overwhelming for both patients and physicians. This week, Michael Rakotz, MD, director of chronic disease prevention with the AMA’s Improving Health Outcomes initiative, provides guidance from his own experience as a primary care physician on approaching heart healthy changes with patients. AMA Wire®: In our Twitter poll, the public thought 2:1 that exercise would benefit their heart health more than dietary changes. Why is that? Dr. Rakotz: It’s hard to know for sure why people voted this w...
Source: AMA Wire - September 29, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: amamod Source Type: news

Predicting patient-level new-onset atrial fibrillation from population-based nationwide electronic health records: protocol of FIND-AF for developing a precision medicine prediction model using artificial intelligence
Introduction Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major cardiovascular health problem: it is common, chronic and incurs substantial healthcare expenditure because of stroke. Oral anticoagulation reduces the risk of thromboembolic stroke in those at higher risk; but for a number of patients, stroke is the first manifestation of undetected AF. There is a rationale for the early diagnosis of AF, before the first complication occurs, but population-based screening is not recommended. Previous prediction models have been limited by their data sources and methodologies. An accurate model that uses existing routinely collected data is n...
Source: BMJ Open - November 2, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Nadarajah, R., Wu, J., Frangi, A. F., Hogg, D., Cowan, C., Gale, C. Tags: Open access, Cardiovascular medicine Source Type: research

New versus Traditional Approaches to Oral Anticoagulation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Abstract: For clinicians, atrial fibrillation (AFib) is not a disease that will probably be “cured” at some point during their professional lifetime. (online video available at: http://education.amjmed.com/video.php?event_id=445&stage_id=5&vcs=1). AFib is a condition that occurs in association with aging, affecting as many as 1 in 10 patients by the time they reach age 85, and therefore all physicians who read The American Journal of Medicine should be aware of AFib—its etiology, how to recognize it, and with some idea of how it is treated. Perhaps the most important aspect of AFib, however, is as a risk factor for...
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - March 24, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: James A. Reiffel Tags: CME multimedia activities Source Type: research