Cognitive and Motion Impairness after a Stroke

Topical preparations such as cream and ointments can speed up healing process and prevent further tissue damage.There is also a vast range of equipment that is designed specifically to assist with moving and handling.- Chairs - Wheelchairs - Beds - Shower/Commode Chairs - Sliding Boards - Sliding Sheets - Low Friction Rollers - One Way Slides - Turntables - Hoists and Slings

In addition to providing hands-on patient care, robots can also help lift patients. Some Japanese inventors created the "Robot for Interactive Body Assistance". This robot is used to transport patients weighing up to 134 lbs. to bedsides and wheelchairs using built-in sensors and foam support technology (Dean, 2009). In America researchers have tested robot called a "Nursebot" on elderly patients, this was not very effective. The problems with the "Nursebot" was it’s ability to perform task such as giving patients bath or help change the patients. The "Nursebot" was however able to remind patients when to take medications or help them to move around as to not strain the elderly person.

You may have questions about sexual activity after a stroke. Stroke causes physical and emotional changes. This may include physical changes that affect your ability to have sex. You may also go through emotional changes that affect your desire to have sex.

Post stroke Neuropsychiatric disorders are common. The complete spectrum of psychiatric illnesses can be observed. Most commons are: Depression, Catastrophic reactions, Anxiety and Emotional incontinence.

Five participants with acute stroke and unilateral hemiparesis (Age 51 ± 17 years; Height 1.7 ± 0.1m; Weight 81.6 ± 3.6kg; LOS 36 ± 24.6 days; 3 males, 2 females; 2 with right hemiplegia) were recruited for RE gait training during inpatient rehabilitation in conjunction with traditional therapy. Participant inclusion requirements: have a medical clearance, upright standing tolerance (≥30 min), intact skin, physically fit into the device, have joint range of motion within normal functional limits for ambulation, have had stroke with its onset >1 week and 0.05). This may suggest that the RE was limited to rehabilitate muscles during the IDS and swing phases as seen in figures (6-8).

Did you know that Stroke is one of the leading health problems in America? A stroke is often called a “brain attack” and it occurs when blood flow to a certain area of the brain is cut off. The brain cells are deprived of the oxygen and glucose needed to survive, and then they die. If a stroke is not caught early enough, permanent brain damage and sometimes-even death can occur. Stroke is the leading cause of long-term disability in the United States, and many survivors experience either a weakening on their left or right side of their body. This weakening can result in decreased mobility, a decrease in social interaction and participation, and an increase in depression. Aerobic exercise has been shown to play a key role in neuroplasticity and motor recovery after someone experiences a stroke. The objective of the main article uses two different types of aerobic exercises and tries to understand how the exercises affect motor recovery post stroke.

With the function of these muscles, the individual should have the ability to be independent in rolling, feeding, and dressing of the upper body.5 They are also independent in pressure relief with the use of the wheelchair.6 However, assistance is required for dressing of the lower body, some self-care activities, and transfers, particularly to the commode, although the potential for independence with a sliding board is possible for transfers. Driving is possible with specific accommodations made to the van and with the use of adaptive hand controls. Employment outside the home is also possible if desired for individuals with this level of injury. A manual wheelchair with hand rim projections is typically used and is easier to propel on smooth, level surfaces; therefore, a power wheelchair may be needed for out in the

After having a massive stroke in 2007, my mother ended up with paralysis on the right side of her body. Twenty-two years old at the time, I wouldn’t know the proper ways to take care of a post-stroke patient without the help of the home health nurses. Receiving the training from the Innovage Long Term Care, I became my mother’s relative caregiver to assist her activities of daily living. During that time, I continued working as a pharmacy technician and going to school, but it was quite a transition to be a caregiver on top of work and school, I decided to take some time off from school to take care of my mother.

Elderly people are continuously faced with the debilitating effects of the aging process. Age-related diseases are part of the aging process that put the elderly population at risks for physical, mental, and social incapacity in dealing with their everyday functioning. However, more than the external deleterious consequences of these diseases are the psychological ramifications that they have to older adults that are worth investigating. Cerebrovascular accident or stroke is one of the many age-related diseases that affect both the physical and psychological functioning of many older adults. To understand the extent of the effects of stroke to older adults, this research paper will

Patients with amputations face large restrictions on their daily activities and functioning due to some of the problems that they encounter with the block prosthetic limbs available. Part of the reason for this restriction is that body powered prostheses lack the ability to function at more than one degree of freedom at a given time. Despite only being able to successfully perform the particular motion in a given plane of movement, the restrictions can be frustrating and also prevents the prosthetic arm from maximizing its potential.

The progression of activities in CS’s treatment will be based on compensation techniques and strengthening his active muscles. In CS’s case, his fall injury led to a complete C5 ASIA A lesion, causing him to lose both sensory and motor functions below the C5 level. CS’s limitations in ROM, strength, endurance, functional mobility, and absence of motor and sensation affects his performance in ADL’s and IADL’s. Since CS’s biceps and shoulder muscles will contribute to his main functional movements, PROM and BUE strengthening exercise will begin immediately. PROM exercises will be provided on CS when laying prone to prevent tendon shortening and contracture formation. Wheelchair theraband exercises will be provided for BUE strengthening by

The number of stroke rehabilitation exercises that a patient has to go through could be far too many. This, along with restricted movements on a wheelchair, could make him/her irritable and obstinate. Profhand Pedal Wheelchair, tried and tested in Japan, is a boon to such people as well as their caregivers/institutions involved in rehabilitation.

Each year, around 800,000 people have a new or recurrent stroke. The characteristics include face drooping or feeling numb, difficulties speaking, and muscle weakness on one side of the body. Stroke is caused from reduced or interrupted blood supply to the brain. There are ischemic strokes (thrombic and embolic strokes), hemorrhagic strokes (intracerebral hemorrage and subarachnoid hemorrhage), and transient ischemic attack (TIA).

The Fourth stroke is the sidestroke. The sidestroke is not used in competition, but it holds importance for swimmers because you can use it to rescue someone, since it only requires one arm. You will float on your side, reach up, like when picking an apple, and then reach down, like when putting the apple into a basket. You can glide in between strokes and that allows you to move easily through the water while tugging along some person or thing. Your starting position will be lying on your side. Stretch your body, extend your legs and point your toes. You should also stretch your hands and keep them far apart. Keep your head out of the water and angle it towards your hip so you can maintain your balance. A lot of the power comes from the legs.

Furthermore, rehabilitation is one of the most promising therapeutic factors to regain motor neurons function and to restore the movement function. Types of injury are caused by a lower level or a higher level of injury. In case the lower-level is injured, functions of the pelvic organs, legs and trunk are affected. Patients who get the paralysis of the lower limb are called paraplegia patients. Whereas the hands, arms, trunk, pelvic organs, and legs are affected in SCI patients who suffer from higher-level injuries. When all four limbs are paralyzed, we are also known as tetraplegia or quadriplegia case. In both cases, the functions of the lower limb are impaired. Thus, this research is focused on lower-limb rehabilitation. Current technology