[Purpose] The aims of this study were to identify the relationship between motor recovery and gait velocity during dual tasks in patients with chronic stroke and determine automatic gait ability following stroke. [Subjects and Methods] Thirty-three outpatients and twelve healthy subjects participated in a cross-sectional assessment. Community ambulation was assessed using a self-administered qu...

The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of an RCT to investigate VR mediated therapy in comparison to standard physiotherapy alone in the motor rehabilitation of the upper limb following stroke, and to provide data to inform a power analysis to determine numbers for a future trial. A single blinded randomised controlled trial was conducted. Participants were recruited from two hospi...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The Action Research arm test (ARAT) was constructed for assessing recovery of upper extremity function after cortical injury. The objective of the study was to verify the inter-rater reliability and validity of the ARAT in stroke patients. METHODS 50 stroke patients participated in the study. For the purpose of inter-rater study, the ARAT was administered by three exper...

[Purpose] To develop a clinical assessment test of 180-degree standing turn strategy (CAT-STS) and quantify its reliability and construct validity. [Subjects] Outpatients with stroke that occurred at least 6 months previously (N = 27) who could walk 10 m without physical assistance were included. [Methods] The CAT-STS was based on the literature and discussion with four physical therapists. The...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE There are few effective therapies to achieve functional recovery from motor-related disabilities affecting the upper limb after stroke. This feasibility study tested whether a powered exoskeleton driven by a brain-computer interface (BCI), using neural activity from the unaffected cortical hemisphere, could affect motor recovery in chronic hemiparetic stroke survivors. Th...

The PMIC represents an important instrument for the arrangement and organization of the relative data of the patients hit from a cerebral ictus. In particular the appraisal card used during the rehabilitative phase concurs to consider numerous relative aspects to the patient with ictus, besides the identification of the given municipalities of pz (the sex, age, type of ictus, side hit, concomit...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Surface neuromuscular electrical stimulation (sNMES) after stroke aims to improve upper limb function and reduce shoulder pain, but current evidence of effectiveness is inconclusive. We have undertaken a randomized controlled trial to evaluate sNMES to the shoulder after acute stroke. METHODS One hundred seventy-six patients, within 10 days of stroke onset, were randomi...

OBJECTIVE To Investigate the synergic effects of short-term constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) and visual biofeedback training (VBT) in subacute stroke patients. METHODS Thirty-two subacute stroke patients were enrolled and randomly assigned to one of three groups: short-term CIMT with VBT, VBT only, and control groups. We applied CIMT for an hour daily during VBT instead of the ordin...

ABSTRACT No reports about treatments applied by orofacial motricity experts, in craniofacial trauma, were found the specialized literature. However, their knowledge, added to that of aesthetic area, would be useful rehabilitation scars. The aim this work is describe mixed use motor skills, muscle balance massage and scar management a patient with soft tissues facial trauma. During initial evalu...