Community-Based Stroke Rehabilitation: Recovery continued?

Community-Based Stroke Rehabilitation: Recovery continued?

Evidence-based community stroke rehabilitation.

S urvival after stroke initially can depend on the acute phase of specialist hospital care; however, the greatest impact on patient health and well-being is from the long-term consequences faced when stroke survivors leave the hospital. Optimal recovery requires the provision of coordinated specialist rehabilitation, not only in the early stages of returning home but also, usually, many months ...

Stroke recovery and rehabilitation.

One of the most exciting areas of stroke research is our increasing understanding of the brain’s plasticity and the ability of rehabilitation to influence neurological recovery and subsequently impact clinical outcomes. Pomeroy and Tallis1 note, “The recent revolution in our understanding of the nervous system as being soft-wired, of the potential for recovery through reorganization and of the ...

Stroke recovery and rehabilitation research.

In my 29-year career as a physical therapist, I have always believed stroke rehabilitation was a good thing and it should be provided to most everyone. However, evidence-based practice requires us to know what works and who benefits and to know if stroke rehabilitation is cost-effective. Currently, there is tremendous variability in the structure and process of rehabilitation services in Depart...

Biomarkers of Stroke Recovery: Consensus-Based Core Recommendations from the Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Roundtable.

The most difficult clinical questions in stroke rehabilitation are "What is this patient's potential for recovery?" and "What is the best rehabilitation strategy for this person, given her/his clinical profile?" Without answers to these questions, clinicians struggle to make decisions regarding the content and focus of therapy, and researchers design studies that inadvertently mix participants ...