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Community ambulation of stroke survivors at 6 months follow-up: an observational study on sociodemographic and sub-acute clinical indicators.
CONCLUSIONS: The presence of risk factors and clinical complications delay significantly the walking ability restoration and return to social life. Such status consistently with the patient's compliance must not postpone the rehabilitation relatively, rehabilitation must be facilitated with targeted programs taking care particularly of people with negative indicators for recovery of community ambulation 6 months post-stroke. CLINICAL REHABILITATION IMPACT: Early indicators are considerable in order to predict a targeted prognosis and better provide a tailored rehabilitation program. PMID: 30543267 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - December 13, 2018 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Pornajaf S, Goffredo M, Agosti M, Massucci M, Ferro S, Franceschini M, Italian Study Group on Implementation of Stroke Care (ISC Study) Tags: Eur J Phys Rehabil Med Source Type: research

'Masterstroke: a pilot group stroke prevention program for community dwelling stroke survivors'.
Conclusions: Participation in the Masterstroke program for community dwelling stroke survivors resulted in significant improvements in knowledge, functional balance, dietary behaviours and quality of life. Qualitative interviews support the participants' implementation of lifestyle changes essential for reducing risks of secondary stroke. Results support the utilisation of this model and warrants rigorous investigation regarding long-term impacts of an education and exercise program on community dwelling stroke survivors. [Box: see text]. PMID: 23641954 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - May 26, 2013 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: White JH, Bynon BL, Marquez J, Sweetapple A, Pollack M Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research

"Living in a foreign country": experiences of staff-patient communication in inpatient stroke settings for people with post-stroke aphasia and those supporting them.
CONCLUSIONS: Communication was viewed as important but challenging by all three groups. To maximise staff-patient interactions in the future, attention needs to be paid to: the psychosocial needs of stroke survivors and their carers, ongoing staff training and support for the healthcare professionals supporting them, and the provision of an aphasia-friendly and a communicatively stimulating ward environment. Implications for Rehabilitation Effective staff-patient communication is viewed as fundamental to stroke rehabilitation but challenging by patients with aphasia, their carers and the healthcare professionals supporting...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - September 27, 2018 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Clancy L, Povey R, Rodham K Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research

Systematic review of subjective memory measures to inform assessing memory limitations after stroke and stroke-related aphasia.
Conclusions: This literature domain currently provides an unclear picture as to how memory limitations affect participation in stroke and stroke-related aphasia. IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATION A broad range of subjective memory measures have been used to determine stroke survivors' perceptions of their everyday memory issues. Because of psychometric weaknesses such as inadequate reliability and cross-cultural validity among subjective memory measures, there remains a need to carefully review a given measure's properties to determine if it is appropriate for use with a given stroke survivor. Stroke survivors with aphasia h...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - September 26, 2019 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Salis C, Murray L, Vonk JMJ Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research

The relevance of stroke care for living well with post-stroke aphasia: a qualitative interview study with working-aged adults.
CONCLUSIONS: The results highlight a need for equitable, transparent, responsive access to services, information and stroke liaison support. The findings extend knowledge of the importance of stroke care for supporting working-aged adults and their families to live well in the context of aphasia. Implications for rehabilitation There is a need for equitable, transparent access to a responsive integrated pathway of stroke care to support living well with aphasia. People with aphasia post-stroke and their families need access to person-centred stroke care and information responsive to their changing needs at all stages of re...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - December 28, 2020 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Manning M, MacFarlane A, Hickey A, Galvin R, Franklin S Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research

Stroke health professionals' management of depression after post-stroke aphasia: a qualitative study.
Conclusion: This study demonstrates that health professionals are challenged by and limited in managing depression after post-stroke aphasia. Health professionals have the opportunity to improve services through the translation of evidence-based interventions. The integration of mental health care into stroke rehabilitation may be achieved through policy development, leadership and specialist training. Implications for rehabilitation People with aphasia need routine mood screening using aphasia-specific clinical tools and communication support. Stroke health professionals report a need for communication partner training to...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - June 9, 2019 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Baker C, Worrall L, Rose M, Ryan B Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research

Stroke Social Network Scale: development and psychometric evaluation of a new patient-reported measure.
Conclusions:The Stroke Social Network Scale is a new measure that demonstrates good internal consistency, validity and responsiveness to change. PMID: 23576033 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Rehabilitation - April 10, 2013 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Northcott S, Hilari K Tags: Clin Rehabil Source Type: research

Validation of the Stroke and Aphasia Quality of Life Scale in a multicultural population.
Conclusions Both the SAQOL-39 g and SAQOL-CSg demonstrated good reliability and validity. Our results suggested some influence of ethnicity in self-rating of health status in relation to SAQOL-39 g scores. Further research is warranted to examine its use with stroke survivors with greater stroke severity and over time. Implications for Rehabilitation Validation of SAQOL in Singapore: Both the SAQOL-39g and the SAQOL-CSg may be used to measure the HRQoL of stroke survivors with and without aphasia in Singapore. Further investigation is required to examine use with stroke survivors with greater stroke severity and over t...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - February 10, 2016 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Guo YE, Togher L, Power E, Koh GC Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research

Dysarthria and stroke. The effectiveness of speech rehabilitation. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the studies.
CONCLUSIONS: The alternating and sequential motion rate (AMR- Pə, AMR-Tə, AMR-Kə, and SMR-PəTəKə) and maximum phonation time were significantly improved after speech rehabilitation. PMID: 32519528 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - June 8, 2020 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Chiaramonte R, Vecchio M Tags: Eur J Phys Rehabil Med Source Type: research

Efficacy of modified constraint induced movement therapy in acute stroke.
CONCLUSIONS: In contrast to conventional rehabilitation therapy, modified CIMT revealed a significantì functional and MEP improvement in acute stroke patients indicating that m--CIMT might be a more efficient treatment strategy. CLINICAL REHABILITATION IMPACT: It is advised to use modified constraint movement therapy in rehabilitation of cerebrovascular stroke during acute stage. PMID: 25030204 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - July 17, 2014 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Ragaie Al-Helow M, Zamzam ML, Fathalla MM, Abdul-Fattah MA, Al-Nahhas N, Nabiel LM, Reda Awad M, Von Wild K Tags: Eur J Phys Rehabil Med Source Type: research

Speech rehabilitation in dysarthria after stroke, a systematic review of the studies.
CONCLUSIONS: This systematic review tried to provide to the reader a complete overview of the literature of all possible different speech treatments for dysarthria after stroke. A correct protocol could permit to improve the communication and the quality of life of these subjects. PMID: 32434313 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - May 18, 2020 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Chiaramonte R, Pavone P, Vecchio M Tags: Eur J Phys Rehabil Med Source Type: research

"Personal road map for recovery:" examining the therapeutic use of weblogs by stroke survivors with aphasia.
CONCLUSION: Weblog writing was therapeutic for stroke survivors with aphasia. Authors reported benefits across cognitive, psychological, emotional, and social domains. Health professionals should consider recommending weblog writing, journaling, or other methods of writing for stroke survivors with aphasia. Implications for rehabilitation Creating illness weblog posts can be therapeutically beneficial for stroke survivors with aphasia as a tool that addresses psychological, emotional, and social aspects in their recovery. Blogging appeared to offer a medium for stroke survivors with aphasia to practice writing, to express ...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - August 31, 2020 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Carcello K, McLennon S Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research

Understanding significant others' experience of aphasia and rehabilitation following stroke.
Conclusions: With a greater sensitivity to significant others who focus on the stroke survivor and disregard their own needs, rehabilitation professionals and especially speech-language therapists, can assist families in reestablishing communication and satisfying relationships which are affected because of aphasia. Implications for Rehabilitation This qualitative study shows that significant others of aphasic stroke survivors experience rehabilitation as services focused on the person who had the stroke. Significant others' satisfaction with rehabilitation is not related to the fulfillment of their personal (e.g. resuming...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - December 27, 2013 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Hallé MC, Le Dorze G Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research

A systematic review of non-drug interventions to prevent and treat anxiety in people with aphasia after stroke
CONCLUSION: Definitive conclusions about the effectiveness of non-drug interventions for the prevention and/or treatment of anxiety in people with aphasia post-stroke cannot be made. Interventions that may show promise for those with aphasia and symptoms of anxiety include mindfulness meditation, modified cognitive behaviour therapy, unilateral nostril breathing, and the "Enhance Psychological Coping after Stroke" programme. Further high-quality research with better reporting of the inclusion of participants with aphasia and their specific sub-group results are required.Implications for RehabilitationIt is important for re...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - June 12, 2021 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Brooke J Ryan Stephanie M Clunne Caroline J Baker Ciara Shiggins Miranda L Rose Ian I Kneebone Source Type: research