Background and Purpose— A debated subject in stroke rehabilitation relates to the best type of training approach for motor recovery. First, we analyzed the effects of repetitive movement practice in 2 ...

Abstract Background and Purpose— Early identification of stroke patients in need of rehabilitation or long-term nursing facility (NF) care may promote more efficient use of health care resources and ...

The mean ± SD score on NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) was 6.6 ± 6.9, 5.3 ± 6.1, and 7.2 ± 8.3. Among them, 171 (33.5%) patients in the internal retrospective group, 69 (39.4%) patients in the external ...

We sought to study whether there is a delay in presentation for acute ischemic stroke patients in the first month of the pandemic in the US. Methods The interval between last-known-well (LKW) time and ...

References 1. Cooray, C, Fekete, K, Mikulik, R, Lees, KR, Wahlgren, N, and Ahmed, N. Threshold for NIH stroke scale in predicting vessel occlusion and functional outcome after stroke thrombolysis. Int ...

The goal of this project is to develop a means for individuals with stroke to practice arm movement therapy at home with remote monitoring. We previously developed a Web-based system for repetitive ...

Rehabilitative interventions may be provided to disabled people at home by means of telerehabilitation. We evaluated the effects of a telerehabilitation program designed for ameliorating motor ...

Stroke is a leading cause of death in the U.S. and is a major cause of serious disability for adults. It is caused by a sudden loss of blood flow to the brain and is a medical emergency.

Background There is a paucity of data and a belief that endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) has low efficacy for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) in patients with cancer. We aimed to critically compare the ...