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Ipsilateral Hemiparesis Caused By Supratentorial Stroke: Two Casereports, Yen-Chung Chen, Ta-Sen Wei, Chih-Lin Chen
Ipsilateral Hemiparesis Caused By Supratentorial Stroke: Two Casereports, Yen-Chung Chen, Ta-Sen Wei, Chih-Lin Chen
Rehabilitation Practice and Science
A common symptom that occurs after strokes is impaired contralesional motor function and contralateral limbs weakness. Such weakness of the limbs is often found in a supratentorial stroke. Two patients with ipsilateral limbs weakness after supratentorial stroke events were reported. One was a recurrent ischemic stroke in the right frontal lobe with right hemiparesis; the other was a new ischemic stroke in the right thalamus with right hemiparesis. There were few reported cases of ipsilateral hemiparesis caused by a supratentorial cerebral lesion. The mechanism of such symptoms may be related to 1. Activation and cortical reorganization within the motor areas …
Cerebral Stroke And Spinal Infarction After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft: A Casereport, Chun-Sheng Hsu, Hsiao-Wei Lin, Hsi-Hsun Su, Shu-Chuan Wu
Cerebral Stroke And Spinal Infarction After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft: A Casereport, Chun-Sheng Hsu, Hsiao-Wei Lin, Hsi-Hsun Su, Shu-Chuan Wu
Rehabilitation Practice and Science
Cerebral stroke and spinal cord infarction are rare complications after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). The coexistence of them in one case is extremely rare. Cerebral microemboli generated during CABG is connected to acute ischemic stroke. Spinal cord infarction after CABG is related to hypoperfusion of the spinal cord. Except for the cardiovascular disease, the use of cardiopulmonary bypass during or after surgery is also a risk factor for both of the complications. They are not only increase the length of hospital stay but also contribute to patient's poor prognosis.We reported a 61-year-old male, with histories of hypertension, type II …
A Young Stroke Patient With Bardet-Biedl Syndrome: A Casereport, Erh-Chun Chen, Tien-Wen Chen, Ming-Cheng Weng, Chia-Ling Lee
A Young Stroke Patient With Bardet-Biedl Syndrome: A Casereport, Erh-Chun Chen, Tien-Wen Chen, Ming-Cheng Weng, Chia-Ling Lee
Rehabilitation Practice and Science
Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare inherited disease. Up to date, there have been 14 known BBS-related mutation genes, resulting in ciliopathy with multiple abnormalities such as obesity, pigmentary retinopathy, polydactyly, learning disabilities, poor coordination, renal dysfunction, diabetes and hypertension. This case was a 29-year-old male, who was diagnosed as Bardet-Biedl syndrome since childhood and then was followed up for control of complications. He suffered from stroke at age of 29. Risks of young stroke were surveyed. Poorly controlled hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia and hyperfibrinogenemia were noted. No other examination revealed abnormality. He had received treatment of stroke in acute phase, …
The Associated Factors In Home-Based Rehabilitation Utilization Of Stroke Patients, Shu-Chuan Wu, Yu-Chia Chang, Te-Feng Yeh, Ting-Yu Chang, Wei-Chaio Lu, Chien-Tsai Huang, Chuan-Hsiung Lin, Li-Ling Huang
The Associated Factors In Home-Based Rehabilitation Utilization Of Stroke Patients, Shu-Chuan Wu, Yu-Chia Chang, Te-Feng Yeh, Ting-Yu Chang, Wei-Chaio Lu, Chien-Tsai Huang, Chuan-Hsiung Lin, Li-Ling Huang
Rehabilitation Practice and Science
This study explores the factors correlated to the use of home-based rehabilitation services by stroke patients for whom care is provided according to the state policy pertaining to the 10-year long-term care plan.During July 2008–June 2010, data were collected from 759 stroke patients by using a long-term care management service evaluation form. These patients had initially applied for services at the long-term care centers of the Bureau of Public Health in Taichung County. Of these, 119(15.7%) eventually used home-based rehabilitation services. Using the Andersen health behavior model, we investigated how various factors influence the use of home-based rehabilitation services by …
Quantitative Evaluation Of Motor Control Of Upper Limbs After Neuro-Robot Rehabilitation, Shu-Min Chen, Yu-Chia Tsai, Ming-Shaung Ju, Bing-Cheng Kung
Quantitative Evaluation Of Motor Control Of Upper Limbs After Neuro-Robot Rehabilitation, Shu-Min Chen, Yu-Chia Tsai, Ming-Shaung Ju, Bing-Cheng Kung
Rehabilitation Practice and Science
Function of the upper limbs is crucial in daily activities. Motor recovery of upper limbs after stroke is slower and less complete than of lower limbs. During the recovery period, abnormal synergies always disturb daily life activity. Various therapeutic techniques have been developed to improve the function of upper limbs after stroke, such as the neuro-rehabilitation robot, which was developed in recent years and shows numerous positive outcomes for upper-limb facilitation after stroke. For the evaluation of motor recovery after stroke, Brunnstrom stages and the Modified Ashworth scale are commonly used and convenient. However, both depend heavily on the evaluator …
Psychological Rehabilitation Of Cognitive Function In Stroke Patients, S. Taveemanoon
Psychological Rehabilitation Of Cognitive Function In Stroke Patients, S. Taveemanoon
Chulalongkorn Medical Journal
Cognitive rehabilitation is a treatment to assist patients who have sustained cognitive, emotional and behavioral impairment. The process is aimed to help the cognitive impaired individuals to progress to the most possible independent level of function. Regardless of specific treatment used, the patients are likely need to have comprehensive neuropsychological assessment performed. This will help them to understand the strengths and weakness of the patient and this becomes the starting point for designing a program to fit in for the patients. The treatment typically involves four therapeutic modalities, namely; reality orientation therapy, cognitive stimulus therapy, compensation methods and psychotherapy.
Anxiety And Depression In Stroke Patients At The Thai Red Cross Rehabilitation Center, S Taveemanoon, K. Sukonthamarn
Anxiety And Depression In Stroke Patients At The Thai Red Cross Rehabilitation Center, S Taveemanoon, K. Sukonthamarn
Chulalongkorn Medical Journal
Background : Post - stroke depression is a common complication and it impedes the recovery and interrupts rehabilitation programs. The study of emotional symptoms in stroke patients on the rehabilitation phase in the rehabilitation center should be evaluated. Objectives : 1. To determine the anxiety and depression symptoms in stroke patients before and after rehabilitation program 2. To identify the associating factors that influence emotional symptoms. Design : Retrospective analytical study Setting : The Thai Red Cross Rehabilitation Center, Samutprakarn Province. Patients : All stroke patients who were admitted to the Thai Red Cross Rehabilitation Center between June 2008 – …
Prediction Of Mortality In Stroke Patients Using Multilayer Perceptron Neural Networks, Necdet Süt, Yahya Çeli̇k
Prediction Of Mortality In Stroke Patients Using Multilayer Perceptron Neural Networks, Necdet Süt, Yahya Çeli̇k
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
We aim ed to predict mortality in stroke patients by using multilayer perceptron (MLP) neural networks. Materials and methods: A data set consisting of 584 stroke patients was analyzed using MLP neural networks. The effect of prognostic factors (age, hospitalization time, sex, hypertension, atrial fibrillation, embolism, stroke type, infection, diabetes mellitus, and ischemic heart disease) on mortality in stroke were trained with 6 different MLP algorithms [quick propagation (QP), Levenberg-Marquardt (LM), backpropagation (BP), quasi-Newton (QN), delta bar delta (DBD), and conjugate gradient descent (CGD)]. The performances of the MLP neural network algorithms were compared using the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) …
Predictors Of Warfarin Use In Patients With Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation Who Presented To The Cardiology Outpatient Clinic Of A Tertiary Hospital In Turkey: An Observational Study, Faruk Ertaş, Hasan Kaya, Zuhal Aritürk Atilgan, Mehmet Ali̇ Elbey, Mesut Aydi̇n, Mehmet Ata Akil, Mustafa Oylumlu, Mehmet Siddik Ülgen
Predictors Of Warfarin Use In Patients With Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation Who Presented To The Cardiology Outpatient Clinic Of A Tertiary Hospital In Turkey: An Observational Study, Faruk Ertaş, Hasan Kaya, Zuhal Aritürk Atilgan, Mehmet Ali̇ Elbey, Mesut Aydi̇n, Mehmet Ata Akil, Mustafa Oylumlu, Mehmet Siddik Ülgen
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
The aim of this study was to investigate the predictors of warfarin use in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF). This study was the first to be conducted in a Turkish population. Materials and methods: Patients who presented to our outpatient clinic with the diagnosis of AF between September 2008 and October 2009 were enrolled. The patients were classified according to the CHADS2 risk scoring system recommended by the AHA/ACC/ESC guidelines for the classification of stroke risk in non-valvular AF patients. The probable variables influencing the use of warfarin were determined as age, sex, income level, healthcare coverage, lifestyle, place …
Limb Remote Ischemic Postconditioning Is Effective But Also Time-Course-Limited In Protecting The Brain From I/R Injury, Ce Xu, Chengju Yi, Haidong Guo, Qiangqiang Liu, Li Wang, Hongxia Li
Limb Remote Ischemic Postconditioning Is Effective But Also Time-Course-Limited In Protecting The Brain From I/R Injury, Ce Xu, Chengju Yi, Haidong Guo, Qiangqiang Liu, Li Wang, Hongxia Li
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
To determine the effect of limb remote ischemic postconditioning (LIPoC) against cerebral ischemia reperfusion in rats and the relationship between cycle number or remote postconditioning episode duration and the protective function of LIPoC. Materials and methods: Transient focal ischemia/reperfusion was induced by 90 min of middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) with nylon monofilament and 22 h of reperfusion in male Sprague-Dawley rats. The animals underwent LIPoC consisting of 1, 2, or 3 cycles, with each occlusion or release lasting for 5 min (5/5), 10 min (10/10), or 15 min (15/15) of bilateral femoral artery occlusion/release. Neurological score, infarct volume, water …