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Physical therapy interventions for the correction of equinus foot deformity in post-stroke patients with triceps spasticity: A scoping review
ConclusionsThis scoping review summarized available primary literature based on PT treatments for the correction of EFD. By highlighting the remaining gaps in knowledge, it provides a reference for future studies on this pathology. Further investigations are necessary to pinpoint the best dosage and delivery methods. Future studies should investigate whether early rehabilitation programs started during the acute phase might help prevent or limit the development of secondary deformities.
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - October 28, 2022 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

What Are Some Risk Factors for Cerebral Palsy?
Discussion The term, cerebral palsy, or CP has gone through many iterations with the first description in 1861 by W.J. Little who described it as “The condition of spastic rigidity of the limbs of newborn children.” The most recent definition is from Rosenbaun et al. in 2007 which states it is “a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitation, that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain. The motor disorders of cerebral palsy are often accompanied by disturbances of sensation, perception, cog...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - March 9, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Clinical effectiveness of ultrasound guided subacromial-subdeltoid bursa injection of botulinum toxin type A in hemiplegic shoulder pain: A retrospective cohort study
Hemiplegic shoulder pain (HSP), which occurs in most patients with hemiplegia, causes considerable distress and worsens outcomes in rehabilitation. Although they have received the treatments such as anti-inflammatory drugs or physical therapy, many of the individuals remain suffering from shoulder pain 6 months after acute stroke event. In this retrospective study, we evaluated the effectiveness of ultrasound guided subacromial-subdeltoid (SASD) bursa injections with botulinum toxin type A (BoNT/A) compared to steroids for refractory HSP. The data were collected retrospectively by reviewing the patient's medical records a...
Source: Medicine - November 1, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Observational Study Source Type: research

The Effect of Stroke on Middle Cerebral Artery Blood Flow Velocity Dynamics During Exercise
Background and Purpose: Previous work demonstrates that older adults have a lower response in the middle cerebral artery velocity (MCAv) to an acute bout of moderate-intensity exercise when compared with young adults. However, no information exists regarding MCAv response to exercise after stroke. We tested whether MCAv response to an acute bout of moderate-intensity exercise differed between participants 3 months after stroke and an age- and sex-matched control group of older adults (CON). A secondary objective was to compare MCAv response between the stroke- and non-stroke-affected MCAv. Methods: Using transcranial ...
Source: Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy - September 25, 2019 Category: Physiotherapy Tags: Research Articles Source Type: research

Ultrasound imaging of upper extremity spastic muscle post-stroke and the correlation with function: A pilot study.
CONCLUSIONS: An objective method of quantifying spasticity can assist in determining if functional gains made post stroke are due to compensations in movement, or due to physiological changes. Ultrasound imaging may be used as an alternative to the Modified Ashworth score to quantify muscular parameters in spastic muscles post stroke. PMID: 31498134 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: NeuroRehabilitation - September 10, 2019 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: NeuroRehabilitation Source Type: research

157 E-Books New to JEFFLINE
Scott Library added these 157 e-books to the growing collection in May and June: Accurate Results in the Clinical Laboratory Adult Emergency Medicine Adult-Gerontology and Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Examination (4th ed.) Advanced Assessment: Interpreting Findings and Formulating Differential Diagnoses (2nd ed.) Advancing Your Career: Concepts of Professional Nursing (5th ed.) Arrhythmia Essentials Atlas of Advanced Operative Surgery Atlas of Clinical Neurology (3rd ed.) Atlas of Hematopathology: Morphology, Immunophenotype, Cytogenetics, and Molecular Approaches Atlas of Human Infectious Diseases Atlas of No...
Source: What's New on JEFFLINE - June 25, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Gary Kaplan Tags: All News Clinicians Researchers Students Teaching Faculty Source Type: news