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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.

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Physical factors associated with fatigue after stroke: An exploratory study.

So who is going to do a followup study and be praised forever by finding and alleviating fatigue?
They didn't even bother to look at objective measures like scans and where the damage was located. Don't scientists even know how to design research projects? 
http://search.naric.com/research/rehab/redesign_record.cfm?search=2&type=all&criteria=J64627&phrase=no&rec=119939
NARIC Accession Number: J64627.  What's this?
ISSN: 1074-9357.
Author(s): Hoang, Chi L.; Salle, Jean-Yves; Mandigout, Stephane; Hamonet, Julia; Macian-Montoro, Francisco; Daviet, Jean-Christophe.
Publication Year: 2012.
Number of Pages: 8.
Abstract: Study investigated the relationship between physical fatigue and physical parameters in patients at least 3 months after stroke. Data were obtained from 32 poststroke patients (average duration of stroke 40 months) who were recruited among inpatients and outpatients followed by the Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine of a French university hospital. Fatigue was defined as a Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) score of 4 or more. The parameters studied were age, sex, time since stroke, Demeurisse Motor Index, Barthel Index score, new Functional Ambulation Category, Berg Balance Scale, 10-meter walk test, 6-minute walk test, Dijon Physical Activity Score, Montgomery and Asberg Depression Rating Scale, Epworth Sleepiness Scale, presence of pain, and length and area of the center of pressure displacement obtained posturographically. Results indicated that two-thirds of patients (66 percent) were fatigued. The mean FSS score was 4.3. Fatigue was not associated with the physical parameters studied; notably, there was no correlation with motor impairment, autonomy and walking capacity, or balance and physical activity. However, after multivariate analysis, an association was found between fatigue and pain, and between fatigue and time since the occurrence of stroke. Further studies are needed to determine the causes of physical fatigue after stroke.
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  1. Elizabeth, John, Jack, and LukeJanuary 9, 2013 at 8:26 PM

    Yes,...more studies on this....my biggest problem. My physical recovery is excellent, except I need crazy amounts of sleep. Where are the answers???

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