Stroke - Rehabilitation
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Psychometric properties of the Rivermead Motor Assessment: its utility in stroke.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To investigate the psychometric properties of the Rivermead Motor Assessment by Rasch analysis and conventional statistics to improve its clinical utility. METHODS: A total of 107 patients after stroke were evaluated using the Rivermead ... Read more...

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over bilateral hemispheres enhances motor function and training effect of paretic hand in patients after stroke.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: The interhemispheric competition model proposes that the functional recovery of motor deficits in patients after stroke can be achieved by increasing the excitability of the affected hemisphere or decreasing the excitability of the ... Read more...

Exercises for paretic upper limb after stroke: a combined virtual-reality and telemedicine approach.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: Telerehabilitation enables a remotely controlled programme to be used to treat motor deficits in post-stroke patients. The effects of this telerehabilitation approach were compared with traditional motor rehabilitation methods. DESIGN: ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Stroke - Rehabilitation'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Psychometric properties of the Rivermead Motor Assessment: its utility in stroke. 30 Oct 2009
• Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over bilateral hemispheres enhances motor function and training effect of paretic hand in patients after stroke. 30 Oct 2009
• Exercises for paretic upper limb after stroke: a combined virtual-reality and telemedicine approach. 30 Oct 2009
• The ARAMIS project: a concept robot and technical design. 30 Oct 2009
• Robot-assisted rehabilitation of the paretic upper limb: rationale of the ARAMIS project. 30 Oct 2009
• Virtual reality and motor rehabilitation of the upper limb after stroke: a generation of progress? 30 Oct 2009
• Reach-to-grasp interjoint coordination for moving object in children with hemiplegia. 30 Oct 2009
• Kinematic and neurophysiological models: future applications in neurorehabilitation. 30 Oct 2009
• Upper limb rehabilitation robotics after stroke: a perspective from the University of Padua, Italy. 30 Oct 2009
• Robot-mediated therapy for paretic upper limb of chronic patients following neurological injury. 30 Oct 2009
• Robot therapy for functional recovery of the upper limbs: a pilot study on patients after stroke. 30 Oct 2009
• Bilateral robot therapy based on haptics and reinforcement learning: Feasibility study of a new concept for treatment of patients after stroke. 30 Oct 2009
• Robotics in neuro-rehabilitation. 30 Oct 2009
• An estimated 30-60% of adult patients after stroke do not achieve satisfactory motor recovery of the upper limb despite intensive rehabilitation. 30 Oct 2009
• Prediction of depressive symptoms up to three years post-stroke. 30 Oct 2009
• [Assessment tools in geriatrics and rehabilitation] 6 Oct 2009
• Ipsilateral deficits in 1-handed shoe tying after left or right hemisphere stroke. 29 Sep 2009
• Observation of amounts of movement practice provided during stroke rehabilitation. 29 Sep 2009
• Efficacy of time pressure management in stroke patients with slowed information processing: a randomized controlled trial. 29 Sep 2009
• Review of electrical stimulation in cerebral palsy and recommendations for future directions. 29 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Stroke'

Definition: A group of pathological conditions characterized by sudden, non-convulsive loss of neurological function due to BRAIN ISCHEMIA or INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES. Stroke is classified by the type of tissue NECROSIS, such as the anatomic location, vasculature involved, etiology, age of the affected individual, and hemorrhagic vs. non-hemorrhagic nature. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp777-810)

Descriptor UI: D020521

Alternative terms: Stroke; Strokes; Cerebral Stroke; Cerebral Strokes; Stroke, Cerebral; Strokes, Cerebral; Vascular Accident, Brain; Brain Vascular Accident; Brain Vascular Accidents; Vascular Accidents, Brain; Cerebrovascular Apoplexy; Apoplexy, Cerebrovascular; Cerebrovascular Stroke; Cerebrovascular Strokes; Stroke, Cerebrovascular; Strokes, Cerebrovascular; CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident); CVAs (Cerebrovascular Accident); Apoplexy; Cerebrovascular Accident; Cerebrovascular Accidents; Stroke, Acute; Acute Stroke; Acute Strokes; Strokes, Acute; Cerebrovascular Accident, Acute; Acute Cerebrovascular Accident; Acute Cerebrovascular Accidents; Cerebrovascular Accidents, Acute;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.228.140.300.775; C14.907.253.855;

History Note: 2008 (2000); use CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES 1963-1999; for APOPLEXY use CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS 1963-1999

Technical Notes: note X ref APOPLEXY but PITUITARY APOPLEXY is available