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Balance is associated with quality of life in chronic stroke.
CONCLUSION: In the chronic stroke population, balance impairment and fall risk are associated with lower QOL scores. If balance can be improved and maintained into the chronic phases of stroke, it is likely that individuals will benefit with improved QOL. PMID: 23893833 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - July 1, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Schmid AA, Van Puymbroeck M, Altenburger PA, Miller KK, Combs SA, Page SJ Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

Is self or caregiver report comparable to Medicare claims indicators of healthcare utilization after stroke?
Conclusion Healthcare utilization after stroke can be reliably assessed from Medicare claims, Stroke participant, or Caregiver report for salient events such as hospitalizations and Emergency Room visits. Self-report and caregiver report appear to be less reliable for identifying use of therapy or home health services. Caution should be used when interpreting disparities based on self-report data alone in these areas. PMID: 30047841 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - July 26, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Sheehan OC, Prvu-Bettger J, Huang J, Haley WE, David Rhodes J, E Judd S, Kilgore ML, Roth DL Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

Kinesthetic taping improves walking function in patients with stroke: a pilot cohort study.
CONCLUSION: The results of this study indicate that kinesthetic taping of the anterior thigh and knee provides an immediate improvement in walking function in patients with stroke. Such a positive effect on motor function could be a valuable adjunct in physical therapy and rehabilitation of patients with stroke. PMID: 25467397 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - November 1, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Boeskov B, Carver LT, von Essen-Leise A, Henriksen M Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

No Racial Difference in Rehabilitation Therapy Across All Post-Acute Care Settings in the Year Following a Stroke Clinical Sciences
Background and Purpose—Black stroke survivors experience greater poststroke disability than whites. Differences in post-acute rehabilitation may contribute to this disparity. Therefore, we estimated racial differences in rehabilitation therapy utilization, intensity, and the number of post-acute care settings in the first year after a stroke.Methods—We used national Medicare data to study 186 168 elderly black and white patients hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of stroke in 2011. We tabulated the proportion of stroke survivors receiving physical, occupational, and speech and language therapy in each post-acute c...
Source: Stroke - November 27, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Lesli E. Skolarus, Chunyang Feng, James F. Burke Tags: Health Services, Cerebrovascular Disease/Stroke Original Contributions Source Type: research

The efficacy of treadmill training on balance dysfunction in individuals with chronic stroke: a systematic review.
CONCLUSIONS: This review recognized moderate evidence in favor of TT interventions in balance and stroke rehabilitation programs. With TT, intensity may be a more critical factor than specificity and may offer additional carryover to recovery parameters of postural control and balance, beyond gait performance. It is recommended that clinicians utilizing TT incorporate objective measures of balance to assess the potential for skill transference and improvements in balance. Higher quality studies and additional research are needed to denote critical parameters by which improvements in balance may be optimized. PMID: 286...
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - July 7, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Tally Z, Boetefuer L, Kauk C, Perez G, Schrand L, Hoder J Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

Compelled body weight shift approach in rehabilitation of individuals with chronic stroke.
CONCLUSION: The study outcome revealed that a 6-week intervention involving CBWS therapy could result in a long-lasting improvement of the symmetry of weight bearing and velocity of gait in individuals with chronic stroke. PMID: 23192720 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - November 1, 2012 Category: Neurology Authors: Aruin AS, Rao N, Sharma A, Chaudhuri G Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

Active video-gaming effects on balance and mobility in individuals with chronic stroke: a randomized controlled trial.
Conclusions: Even though the only intervention was game-play, there were small positive effects. Therapist assistance in making more optimum movement choices may be needed before significant improvements are seen with commercially available, general purpose games. PMID: 23841969 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - May 1, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Fritz SL, Peters DM, Merlo AM, Donley J Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

Effects of low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and neuromuscular electrical stimulation on upper extremity motor recovery in the early period after stroke: a preliminary study.
CONCLUSION: LF-rTMS with or without NMES seems to facilitate the motor recovery in the paretic hand of patients with acute/subacute ischemic stroke. TMS or the combination of TMS + NMES may be a promising additional therapy in upper limb motor training. Further studies with larger numbers of patients are needed to establish their effectiveness in upper limb motor rehabilitation of stroke. PMID: 28327054 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - March 22, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Tosun A, Türe S, Askin A, Yardimci EU, Demirdal SU, Kurt Incesu T, Tosun O, Kocyigit H, Akhan G, Gelal FM Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

Beliefs of rehabilitation professionals towards guided self-rehabilitation contracts for post stroke hemiparesis.
Conclusions The strategy of asking patients to perform exercises alone, in the practice or at home, is still not accepted by a large proportion of physical therapy professionals as compared with students or with physicians. Most therapists still see a <5-h weekly duration of exercise as sufficient after stroke. Few therapists are ready to utilize the persistence of behavior-induced brain plasticity regardless of age or delay after the lesion. PMID: 28956737 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - September 28, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Marsal C, Gracies JM, Dean C, Mesure S, Bayle N Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

Excessive sedentary time during in-patient stroke rehabilitation.
Conclusions In this sample of people attending inpatient stroke rehabilitation, institutional structure of rehabilitation rather than patient-related factors contributed to sedentary time. PMID: 29609499 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - April 3, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Barrett M, Snow JC, Kirkland MC, Kelly LP, Gehue M, Downer MB, McCarthy J, Ploughman M Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

Factors affecting fear of falls in patients with chronic stroke.
Conclusion: The lower extremity Fugl-Meyer score is associated with fear of falls in patients having chronic stroke. PMID: 31847729 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - December 16, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Yadav T, Bhalerao G, Shyam AK Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

Interventions used by allied health professionals in sexual rehabilitation after stroke: A systematic review.
Conclusions: This review highlights promising interventions that could orient future research and improve the access to sexual rehabilitation services for post-stroke, with structured sexual rehabilitation and pelvic floor muscle training being the most strongly supported. PMID: 33320057 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - December 15, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Auger LP, Grondin M, Aubertin M, Marois A, Filiatrault J, Rochette A Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

The effect of a whole-body vibration therapy on the sitting balance of subacute stroke patients: a randomized controlled trial.
CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that WBV therapy led to improvement of the recovery in balance recovery for subacute stroke patients. Because the WBV therapy was as effective as conventional physical therapy, we can consider a WBV therapy as a clinical method to improve the sitting balance of subacute stoke patients. PMID: 28335701 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - March 23, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Lee JH, Kim SB, Lee KW, Lee SJ, Park H, Kim DW Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

The improvement in respiratory function by inspiratory muscle training is due to structural muscle changes in patients with stroke: a randomized controlled pilot trial.
CONCLUSION: Inspiratory muscle training was effective in improving respiratory function and inducing structural changes, especially in the affected diaphragm. PMID: 29061084 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - October 24, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Cho JE, Lee HJ, Kim MK, Lee WH Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

Motor imagery as a complementary technique for functional recovery after stroke: a systematic review.
Conclusions: The use of MI combined with conventional rehabilitation is an effective method for the recovery of functionality after stroke. Due to the great heterogeneity in the scientific literature available, new lines of research are necessary, in order to include well-designed studies of good methodological quality and to establish a consensus regarding the most appropriate protocols. PMID: 31347992 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - July 25, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: López ND, Monge Pereira E, Centeno EJ, Miangolarra Page JC Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research