BACKGROUND Stroke is a major cause of long-term disability. Information regarding the limitations in activity and participation experienced by patients with stroke in a specific setting such as Musanze district in Rwanda would assist to develop the rehabilitation programmes that would take into consideration the functional challenges experienced post stroke. OBJECTIVE To explore the activity ...

The relationship between self-efficacy and well-being in stroke survivor’s stroke is a leading cause of death in the Western world [1], and is the most common disabling disease, having profound and wide-ranging effects on the physical, psychological and social aspects of an individual’s life [2-6]. The focus of health care professionals, particularly early in the period following stroke, is on ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Patients with any type of stroke managed in organized inpatient (stroke unit) care are more likely to survive, return home, and regain independence. However, it is uncertain whether these benefits apply equally to patients with intracerebral hemorrhage and ischemic stroke. METHODS We conducted a secondary analysis of a systematic review of controlled clinical trials com...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Determining cognitive dysfunctioning (CDF) after stroke is an important issue because it influences choices for management in terms of return to previous activities. Because previous research in subacute stroke has shown important variations in CDF rates, we aimed to describe the frequency and neuropsychological profile of CDF in subacute stroke outside dementia. We used ...

Background: Randomized-controlled trials of thrombolysis in ischemic stroke have poorly represented patients with pre-stroke disability and the benefit this population remains uncertain. We performed a systematic review meta-analysis to examine outcomes pre-morbid disability. Methods: In accordance MOOSE guidelines, we retrieved studies reporting intravenous (IVT) (mRS=3-5) stroke, either compa...

background: stroke is one of the most frequent causes of death and disability worldwide and has significant clinical and socioeconomic impact. hyperlipidemia and inflammation play major roles in atherothrombosis and in stroke. this study is conducted to compare the high sensitive c-reactive protein (hs-crp) levels and the lipid profile parameters between stroke patients and control group and de...

The limbs on different segments of the crayfish abdomen that drive forward swimming are directly controlled by modular pattern-generating circuits. These circuits are linked together by axons of identified coordinating interneurons. We described the distributions of these neurons in each abdominal ganglion and monitored their firing during expression of the swimming motor pattern. We analyzed t...