Approximately 84% of all stroke patients with hemiplegia will experience shoulder injury and pain. The importance of maintaining proper posture while positioning and transferring a stroke patient is key to decreasing risk for shoulder injury. Shoulder subluxation injury post-stroke is a consequence of sustained hemiplegia and spasticity. Current research evidence suggests that using therapies s...

post stroke dementia is one of the most common complications of stroke that is preventable and relatively treatable too. the purpose of the study is comparison between the positive findings in brain ct scan and brain perfusion spect. 15 patients who were complicated by dementia after cerebrovascular accident and also 5 patients as a control group enrolled in this study. brain ct scan and brain ...

Our aim was to asses the efficacy of deep brain stimulation in post-stroke neuropathic pain. Since 2000, 15 patients with post-stroke intractable neuropathic pain were treated with deep brain stimulation of the periventricular gray area (PVG), sensory thalamus (Ventroposterolateral nucleus-VPL) or both. Pain was assessed using both a visual analogue scale and the McGill's pain questionnaire. VA...

INTRODUCTION After stroke, spasticity is often the main problem that prevents functional recovery. Pain occurs in up to 70% of patients during the first year post-stroke. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 70 patients (30 female and 45 male) mean age (65.67) participated in prospective, controlled study. INCLUSION CRITERIA ischaemic stroke, developed spasticity of upper limb, post-stroke inte...

RATIONALE Thalamic pain is a distressing and treatment-resistant type of central post-stroke pain. Although stellate ganglion block is an established intervention used in pain management, its use in the treatment of thalamic pain has never been reported. PATIENT CONCERNS A 66-year-old woman presented with a 3-year history of severe intermittent lancinating pain on the right side of the face a...

An exceptional case of long-standing central pain temporarily relieved by a focal stroke in the primary somatosensory area is reported. This case highlights the focal nature of central pain mechanisms and the possible value of selective subparietal leukotomies in the management of central pain.

Background: Central post stroke pain (CPSP) is a highly refractory syndrome that can occur after stroke. Primary motor cortex (M1) brain stimulation using epidural brain stimulation (EBS), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) have been explored as potential therapies for CPSP. These techniques have demonstrated variable clinical efficacy. I...