Anxiety and depression after stroke: Report of 64 cases
Objective Depression affects many people following their stroke (between 30 and 60%). It can occur in the days following the attack but several years later. Our objective was to investigate…
Lived post-stroke of a Senegalese cohort: What risk factor for what quality of life items?
Objective Therefore, the aim of our study was to determine risk factors for poor quality of life by considering disability after stroke in its multidimensional aspects but also to see…
Effect of visual feedback on speech recovery and language plasticity in patients with post-stroke non-fluent aphasia. Functional MRI assessment
Objective To assess the efficiency of Visual Feedback (VF) on language recovery and plasticity in three chronic non-fluent aphasic patients. VF is based on language-action interaction, thus, language skills are…
Management of stroke patients by general practioners: An observational study
Objective Post-stroke medical management, defined by national and international guidelines, involves many professionals, allowing optimal secondary prevention. The general practitioner is as a major player in this management. The improved…
Quality of life after stroke in Benin
Objective Stroke is a leading cause of adult long-term disability. The functional outcomes have been much studied but the impact on quality of life (QOL) is little known especially in…
Accelerometers are they accurate for the estimation of total energy expenditure over activities of daily living in stroke survivors?
Objective The purpose of this study was to examine the accuracy of severals accelorometers commonly used in post stroke studies to estimate the total energy expenditure (TEE) over activities of…
Physical activity and inactivity level of stroke patients including in physical activity incitation program
Objective Physical activity (PA) and exercise are two successful approaches to reduce sedentary behavior and risk managing in stroke patients. The aims of the study are to evaluate PA and…
Muscle lengthening and structural changes in the muscle-tendon complex of triceps surae after 1 year of rehabilitation including a daily self-stretch program in patients with chronic hemiparesis
Objective To explore changes in muscle architectural parameters of the muscle-tendon unit of soleus and medial gastrocnemius (GM) in patients with chronic hemiparesis, after 1 year of rehabilitation. Material/Patients and methods…
Can tendon vibration therapy improve motor recovery in the arm following stroke? A pilot feasibility study of a clinical protocol in 11 patients
Objective The positive effects on motor cortical excitability of stimulating proprioception with tendon vibration therapy have previously been reported in healthy individuals and in chronic stroke patient (Marconi et al.,…
Spastic cocontraction of plantar flexors during swing phase of gait in chronic hemiparesis
Objective In spastic hemiparesis, quantify agonist recruitment of tibialis anterior and triceps surae spastic cocontraction during swing phase of gait. Material/Patients and methods Thirty-seven subjects with chronic hemiparesis (49 ±…
