Background and Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the effects of upper limb control exercises on upper limb function, respiration, balance, and activities of daily living in patients with stroke. Materials and Methods: The 28 patients who me...
26 October 2020
The aim of this study was to analyze the distribution of padel strokes, their effectiveness, direction, and court zone, comparing between the winning and losing pairs in the match and the playing side of the players. The sample included 8441 strokes...
Recent studies have reported chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) as an independent risk factor for stroke. However, the association with stroke depending on the affected sinuses has not been explored. This study aimed to elucidate the side- and sinus-specif...
In stroke patients, the impact of lower limb physical functions on the leg extension angle remains unclear. We set out to reveal the physical impairments of the affected side in such patients that were associated with leg extension angle during gait....
Stroke is a leading cause of death worldwide. Multiple factors influence the severity of stroke. Normal functional and biological differences seen between the hemispheres may also be related to stroke severity. In the present study, we examined the d...
The post-effects of COVID-19 have begun to emerge in the long term in society. Stroke has become one of the most common side effects in the post-COVID community. In this study, to examine the relationship between COVID-19 and stroke, a fractional-ord...
Sit-to-stand (STS) is a fundamental functional task frequently impaired after stroke and widely used in rehabilitation to assess motor control and balance. While lower-limb kinematic and muscular asymmetries during STS have been documented, the contr...
This study describe the characteristics of hemiplegic stroke gait with principal component analysis (PCA) of trunk movement (TM) and gait event (GE) parameters by the inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors: (1) Background: This process can determine...
(1) Background: Hemiparetic patients after stroke have deficits on the side of the body opposite to the brain lesion. The aim of this study is to assess the occurrence of deficits in the ipsilesional lower limb. (2) Methods: Twenty-nine stroke patien...
It has been observed that in some people in the acute phase of ischemic stroke (IS) there is a tendency to shift the body weight towards the side more affected by the disease and a tendency to spontaneous movements of the upper and/or lower limbs (no...
Background: Timing of surgery remains controversial in patients with infective endocarditis and stroke. Guidelines on infective endocarditis suggest delaying surgery for up to 4 weeks. However, with early heart failure due to progression of the infec...
A 48-year-old male, who suffered from a stroke resulting in cerebellum damage and occlusion of the left vertebral artery, underwent stromal vascular fraction therapy. The clinical status of the patient was monitored by a modified Stroke Specific Qual...
In clinical practice, acute post-stroke paresis of the extremities fundamentally complicates timely rehabilitation of motor functions; however, recently, residual and distorted musculoskeletal signals have been used to initiate feedback-driven soluti...
Botulinum Neurotoxin type-A (BoNT-A) is the treatment of choice for focal post-stroke spasticity (PSS). Due to its mechanism of action and the administration method, some authors raised concern about its possible systemic diffusion leading to contral...
Background/Objectives: Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are now the guideline-recommended alternative to vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) for long-term anticoagulation in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation. However, accurately assessing the...
Proprioceptive dysfunction is a common rehabilitation issue in neurological injury, and the muscle spindle (MS) is considered a critical structure in this dysfunction. The present study aimed to investigate the morphological alterations of MS in two...
Background: A variety of functional disorders can be caused after stroke, among which impairment of respiratory function is a frequent and serious complication of stroke patients. The aim of this study was to examine diaphragmatic function after stro...
Abnormal gait, particularly in patients with stroke, causes neuromuscular fatigue. We aimed to clarify temporal changes in gait performance and lower limb muscle activity during extended walking in people with stroke hemiplegia. Twelve adults with st...
Background: Inspiratory training after stroke has been used to improve muscle function and strength; however, its acute effects under different inspiratory loads are not well understood. Aim: To assess inspiratory muscle activation under different in...
Abnormal muscle tone and muscle weakness are related to gait asymmetry in stroke survivors. However, the internal muscle morphological changes that occur during walking remain unclear. To address this issue, this study investigated the muscle activit...
Introduction: The rates of pediatric ischemic stroke incidence have more than doubled over the past 3–4 decades; however, pediatric posterior circulation strokes are even more uncommon. These rising incidence rates have led to increasing awaren...
Crossed cerebellar diaschisis (CCD) has been widely investigated in patients with supratentorial stroke. However, the role of CCD in lower limb recovery after stroke is still unknown. In this study, using a region-of-interest-based analysis of diffus...
Large cerebral infarctions have high morbidity and mortality. Patients with large cerebral infarctions may have recurrent ischemia as high as 8.1% within 7 days; highest among other types of strokes. Data regarding risk factors for large cerebral inf...
We aimed to investigate whether a newly defined distance in the lower limb can capture the characteristics of hemiplegic gait compared to healthy controls. Three-dimensional gait analyses were performed on 42 patients with chronic stroke and 10 age-m...
Background: Gait speed is an important indicator of walking ability in post-stroke patients. Although gait speed is associated with anterior–posterior reaction force (AP RF), how AP RF is distributed across the plantar surface and whether this...
Background/Objective: Spasticity following stroke causes structural changes in the muscles and fascia, affecting the mobility and functional recovery of patients. Understanding these structural changes is critical to optimizing the rehabilitation str...
This study investigates the effects of a self-administered eye exercise (SEE) program on the balance and gait ability of chronic stroke patients hospitalized due to hemiplegia. This study includes 42 patients diagnosed with stroke-related hemiplegia...
Background and Objectives: One of the most widely used reversible contraceptive techniques among women of reproductive age worldwide is oral contraceptives (OCPs). Despite their widespread use, OCPs are associated with increased risks of stroke, yet...
An increasing number of studies suggests that a novel neuromodulation technique targeting the spinal circuitry enhances gait rehabilitation, but research on its application to stroke survivors is limited. Therefore, we investigated the characteristic...
12 January 2023
The objective of this study was to characterize the changes of muscle tone, stiffness, and thickness of upper and lower limb muscles in stroke survivors. Forty patients with subacute or chronic stroke and 31 controls were included and measured using...
9 June 2020
Stroke patients often have muscles spasticity, difficulty with posture control, and tend to fall. This study investigated the use of kinesiology tape for patients with spasticity of ankle muscles after stroke. This study had a randomized, repeated me...
The importance of knee sagittal kinematic parameters, as a predictor of walking performance in post-stroke gait has been emphasised by numerous researchers. However, no studies so far were designed to determine the minimal clinically important differ...
Gait impairment in post-stroke patients increases the risk of falls, but the role of ground reaction force variability (GRF variability) in controlling gait stability remains unclear. The objectives of this study were (1) to clarify the differences i...
Background: Insoles have been widely applied to many diseases, but stroke involves complex problems and there is a paucity of research on the application of insoles in stroke patients. Aim: To evaluate the effect of customized insoles on gait in pati...
Objectives: While traditionally, carotid plaques with significant stenosis have been considered major embolic sources, recent evidence suggests that even non-stenotic small plaques with a <50% stenosis rate may contribute to cerebral infarction. H...
Canoe modality in flatwater canoeing has a clear asymmetrical nature. This study aimed (1) to determine the magnitude and direction of neuromuscular properties, range of motion (ROM) and lower-limb strength asymmetries in female and male canoeists; (...
We investigated the ultrasound characteristics of the rectus femoris for sarcopenia detected by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) in the early subacute stroke phase. Physical features (age, sex, body mass index, and circumference of thigh) and...
Gait asymmetry is common after stroke and is a major risk factor for falls. In particular, temporal gait asymmetry often remains in the chronic stage of stroke. However, health insurance does not cover rehabilitation for patients with chronic stroke...
Many stroke patients develop ankle deformities due to neurological or non-neurological factors, resulting in abnormal gait patterns. While Ankle-Foot Orthoses (AFOs) are commonly used to address these issues, few are specifically designed for ankle v...
Since the COVID-19 outbreak began, an association between COVID-19 and thrombotic diseases has been underlined. Although this association is more frequent with venous thromboembolism, ischaemic stroke has also been reported as a thrombotic complicati...
This study analyzed muscle activity during the stand-up paddle stroke, considering the paddling side and the adjacent and opposing muscles relative to the position of the arms during paddling. Methods: Fourteen male paddleboarders performed three tri...
Neural connections remain partially viable after stroke, and access to these residual connections provides a substrate for training-induced plasticity. The objective of this project was to test if reflex excitability could be modified with arm and le...
The paper depicts and describes the observation of a remarkable post-stroke production of paintings made by a 54-year-old, right-handed man who suffered an acute right hemispheric stroke. The patient’s post-stroke productivity and the spatial d...
Falls are one of the most common and devastating effects of neurological diseases, especially in patients with stroke outcomes, Parkinson’s Disease (PD), and Multiple Sclerosis (MS). To prevent negative outcomes and guide tailored rehabilitatio...
Background and Objectives: This study aimed to assess the effect of neck stabilization exercise on respiratory function in stroke patients through longitudinal observation and determine whether there is a difference in its effect based on the side of...
Background: Patients often experience pain as a result of a stroke. However, the mechanism of this pain remains uncertain. Our aim was to investigate the relationship between pressure pain thresholds (PPTs) and disability pain in patients with hemipl...
Quantitative assessment of movement using motion capture provides insights on mobility which are not evident from clinical evaluation. Here, in older individuals that were healthy or had suffered a stroke, we aimed to investigate their balance in ter...
A sliding rehabilitation machine (SRM) allows closed kinetic chain exercises of the hip, knee, and ankle. This study aimed to explore the feasibility of SRM training when included in an intensive rehabilitation program for post-stroke patients with s...
Electroencephalography (EEG)-based measurements of fine tactile sensation produce large amounts of data, with high costs for manual evaluation. In this study, an EEG-based machine-learning (ML) model with support vector machine (SVM) was established...
Stroke is an acute neurovascular central nervous system (CNS) injury and one of the main causes of long-term disability and mortality. Post-stroke rehabilitation as part of recovery is focused on relearning lost skills and regaining independence as m...
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