Motor Recovery
Topographical measures of functional connectivity as biomarkers for post-stroke motor recovery
... This graph analysis of task-state functional connectiv- ity illuminates several topological measures that corre- spond to chronic phase motor recovery after stroke. For subjects with lesions of the cerebral ...
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Fluoxetine for Motor Recovery After Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial
... spinal motor control through multiple effects on spinal motor circuits, including regulation of rhythmic activity and control of excitability, by acting on intrasynaptic and extrasynaptic receptors; this ...
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Accelerating axonal growth promotes motor recovery after peripheral nerve injury in mice
... rapid motor and sen- sory recovery occurred in mice after a sciatic nerve crush injury, there was little return of motor function after sciatic nerve transection, because of the delay in motor ...
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Cerebrolysin combined with rehabilitation promotes motor recovery in patients with severe motor impairment after stroke
... baseline motor function is the most important prognostic factor, there are numerous other factors in motor recovery in stroke patients, such as cognitive function, aphasia, co- morbid medical ...
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Action research arm test as a tool for assessment of motor recovery in patients with stroke: a critical review
... Lang et al, 2006 conducted a study to examine the responsiveness and validity of the Action Research Arm Test (ARAT) in 50 subjects with mild-to-moderate hemiparesis within the first few months after stroke. Data were ...
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Effectiveness of commercial video gaming on fine motor recovery in chronic stroke within community-level rehabilitation
... Following stroke the brain will usually experience the development of abnormal tissue, called lesions, at the site of injury. Generally, lesions that are formed on the right hemisphere of the brain, noted for learned ...
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Intravenous regional anesthesia: a review of common local anesthetic options and the use of opioids and muscle relaxants as adjuncts
... of motor block, but at the expense of delayed motor ...the motor block and when combined with fentanyl allow for an equivalent quality of IVRA with 50% reduction in LA ...
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EFFECTIVENESS OF MIRROR THERAPY ON HANDFUNCTIONS IN SUBACUTE STROKE PATIENTS
... during motor training, crossed facilitatory drive from the intact hemisphere would give rise to increased excitability in the homologous motor pathways of the paretic limb, facilitating recovery of ...
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EFFECT OF MIRROR THERAPY ON HEMIPARETIC UPPER EXTREMITY IN SUBACUTE STROKE PATIENTS
... Spearman’s Correlation Coefficient was used to find out the relationship between upper extremity functions and motor recovery of hand. The Spearman’s rho value is 0.650 which indicate moderate to maximum ...
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Positive effects of robotic exoskeleton training of upper limb reaching movements after stroke
... The use of robot devices in rehabilitation can provide high intensity, repetitive, task specific and interactive treatment of the impaired upper limb and an objective, reliable mean of monitoring patients progress. ...
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... and motor recovery times were also noted after tourniquet ...dermatomes. Recovery of sensory block defined as time from release of tourniquet to the recovery of ...of motor block was ...
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Dissociating motor learning from recovery in exoskeleton training post-stroke
... of motor recovery, but not the rate of motor learning, was higher when subjects started exoskeleton training sooner after their ...that motor training effectiveness depends on time ...
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Cardiovascular rehabilitation soon after stroke using feedback controlled robotics assisted treadmill exercise: study protocol of a randomised controlled pilot trial
... on motor recovery, quality-of-life, and ...vere motor impairments due to the challenge of selecting appropriate training modalities and evaluation of effectiveness (for example, aerobic ...most ...
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Effects of fluoxetine on functional outcomes after acute stroke (FOCUS) : a pragmatic, double blind, randomised, controlled trial
... for motor recovery After acute ischaeMic strokE) trial we identified three other small, randomised, placebo-controlled trials of fluoxetine, which enrolled patients who did not have depression at ...
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Mirror therapy for an adult with central post-stroke pain: a case report
... improving motor function in patients with ...help motor recovery [12, 24]; furthermore, the application of MT in people with stroke presenting com- plex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) type I showed a ...
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Elastic Band Exercises for Patients with Intensive Care Unit-Acquired Weakness: A Case Report
... A routine program of in-bed positioning had been planned over the first days to prevent complications related to prolonged bed rest, namely, joint and muscular retraction. Nursing staff was primarily involved in in-bed ...
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Comparative Study of Intrathecal 0.5% Bupivacaine and 0.5%Bupivacaine with Clonidine for Lower Abdominal Surgeries
... and motor blockade, Highest level of sensory blockade and Time to achieve peak sensory blockade, Time for two segment regression and Time for complete sensory and motor recovery, Duration of complete ...
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Original Article The effect of erythropoietin in the treatment of acute spinal cord injury
... and motor functions of the patients in the control group were significantly reduced com- pared with the EPO-treated group ...neurological recovery of the ...
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Action observation training to improve motor function recovery: a systematic review
... in motor learning [7] has allowed the development of a new rehabilitation approach, called Action Observation Training (AOT), during which the patient is asked to carefully observe ac- tions presented through a ...
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Functional Recovery and Its Predictors after Sub- acute Stroke Rehabilitation in a Nigerian Tertiary Health Facility: A Preliminary Finding
... This study has some limitations, which must be considered when interpreting these results. Our findings may not be generalized to all stroke survivors but are representative of functional recovery only in ...
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