[Purpose] Balance and gait ability determine to a large degree the level of independence of daily living which is an important goal of rehabilitation. This study was conducted in order to examine the effectiveness of an ankle proprioceptive control program on ankle muscle strength, balance, and gait of chronic stroke patients. [Methods] Thirteen chronic stroke patients more than six months post...

Walking speed is a measure of gait performance after a stroke and a predictor of community ambulatory competence. Although gait decrements during a cognitive or motor task after stroke are well-documented, the differential effects of motor and cognitive tasks on the comfortable and maximum walking speeds of individuals with chronic stroke have not been investigated. This study aimed to compare ...

Stroke, as a major risk factor for chronic impairment of upper limb function, can severely restrict the activities of daily living. Recently, robotic devices have been used to enhance the functional upper extremity movement of stroke patients. The purpose of the current study was to assess whether a robot-assisted reach training program using a whole arm manipulator (WAM) could improve upper ex...

Stroke-related sarcopenia has recently been defined as the muscle atrophy consequent to stroke and assessing it following guidelines with simple clinical tools is crucial in chronic survivors. The aim of this study was determine characteristics patient-friendly instruments a sample (SG) compared non-stroke counterparts (CG). Each participant underwent single assessment which consisted of: SARC-...

Abstract Background Abnormal intermuscular coordination limits the motor capability of stroke-affected upper limbs. By evaluating in affected limb under various biomechanical task constraints, impact a stroke on control can be analyzed and coordination-based rehabilitation strategies developed. In this study, we investigated after during isokinetic movements. Methods Sixteen chronic survivors e...

Introduction: Post-Stroke Fatigue (PSF) is the most common debilitating and persistent symptom after a stroke.The impact of fatigue increases during first year post-stroke. When recovery has taken place,fatigue could remain an important problem with disabling consequences for everyday life. Understanding theeffect PSF on cognition mobility outcomes will help to better manage existing symptoms i...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between chronic kidney disease (CKD), race-ethnicity, and vascular outcomes. METHODS A prospective, multiracial cohort of 3298 stroke-free subjects with 6.5 years of mean follow-up time for vascular outcomes (stroke, myocardial infarction, vascular death) was used. Kidney function was estimated using serum cr...

Background Despite evidence that many of the consequences of stroke that hinder recovery (i.e., obesity, muscle atrophy, and functional declines) have nutritionally modifiable behavior components, little attention has been focused on the significance of nutrition beyond the acute phase of stroke. Objective This literature review summarizes the evidence for and against the influence of nutriti...

INTRODUCTION Chronic hypertension may be the single most important modifiable risk factor for ischemic stroke (19). Antihypertensive therapy has been proven to reduce the risk of stroke in prospective, randomized controlled studies (7). Hypertension is common in patients presenting with acute ischemic stroke (4), but its treatment is controversial (9). In contrast to chronic hypertension, there...

BACKGROUND Stroke is one of the leading causes for disability worldwide. Exercise therapy is a key element of stroke rehabilitation but no evidence are present in literature. Moreover recently focal muscle vibrationis described as a useful therapeutic approach in the post stroke recovery. In this study the efficacy of the vibration therapy in association to progressive modular re balancing reha...