Structural and physiological muscle changes after post-stroke hemiplegia: A systematic review

Apr 20, 2017 by in PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION Comments Off on Structural and physiological muscle changes after post-stroke hemiplegia: A systematic review

Objective Corticospinal tract damage is responsible for motor function impairment after stroke. However, many processes seem to induce muscle damage, which may limit rehabilitation achievement. To achieve a systematic literature…

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Efficiency of physical rehabilitation on postural imbalance after stroke: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Apr 20, 2017 by in PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION Comments Off on Efficiency of physical rehabilitation on postural imbalance after stroke: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Objective Balance disorders are frequently seen after stroke resulting in limited physical activities. The effects of current physical rehabilitations aiming at reducing postural imbalance are varied with low levels of…

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Spastic co-contractions of hemiparetic patients: Which rehabilitation to improve gait?

Apr 20, 2017 by in PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION Comments Off on Spastic co-contractions of hemiparetic patients: Which rehabilitation to improve gait?

Objective During rehabilitation of hemiparetic patients, physiotherapists face a discrepancy between motor skills during analytical exercises and functional abilities observed during gait. A muscle recruitment difference in the two situations…

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Evaluation of the Sensewear Armband to assess the total energy expenditure of activities of the daily living in stroke survivors

Apr 20, 2017 by in PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION Comments Off on Evaluation of the Sensewear Armband to assess the total energy expenditure of activities of the daily living in stroke survivors

Objective The accuracy of accelerometers in assessment of the total Energy Expenditure (TEE) in activities of daily living is discuted. Sensewear Armband (SWA) a multi-sensor device appears as the most…

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Effect of visual feedback on speech recovery and language plasticity in patients with post-stroke non-fluent aphasia. Functional MRI assessment

Apr 20, 2017 by in PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION Comments Off on 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…

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