Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Fine motor friend. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

I have to find what this really looks like, it should be easily reproducible at home.
http://www.naric.com/research/rehab/record.cfm?search=2&type=all&criteria=J62190&phrase=no&rec=116829
Abstract: Article describes the development of a tool designed to help rehabilitate the fine motor skills of the hand following stroke. The effects of a stroke can include difficulty with fine motor skills, involving the use of the fingers, wrists, and hands to perform small, precise movements such as those used in buttoning clothes and writing. To improve fine motor skills, stroke survivors typically participate in a therapeutic program that involves repeated practice of grasping and manipulating small objects. To ensure consistent improvement, it is important that stroke survivors continue rehabilitation while at home. The Fine Motor Friend is a portable tool that will allow users to practice these skills at home or in the clinic. The design consists of a briefcase that encases 7 different fine motor boards. It enables the user to perform tasks targeted to a wide variety of fine motor skills with different levels of difficulty. In addition, the briefcase was constructed to hold other items the user already possesses, including splints and other therapeutic objects.
Descriptor Terms: DEVICES DESIGN, DEXTERITY, MOTOR SKILLS, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH, REHABILITATION TECHNOLOGY, STROKE.
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