These guys have no clue that after the fact rehabilitation has at best 10% recovery, but they go down the route and blithely state that this is the best we can do. Shit, you stop the neuronal cascade of death and vastly less disability will result. Maybe then the existing stroke rehab will be good enough. I would not go to these places for rehab. Any patients there are already screwed because the first week of rehab has passed.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/HOTTOPICSNeurology/Neurology-Videos/448
What works best for recovery after stroke-induced impairment? We asked three experts in stroke rehabilitation: Howard S. Kirshner, MD, professor and vice-chairman of neurology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville; Samir Belagaje, MD, director of stroke rehabilitation at Emory University's Marcus Stroke and Neuroscience Center in Atlanta; and Larry B. Goldstein, MD,
director of Duke University's stroke center. They emphasized the value
of team-based treatment approaches and therapies that harness
neuroplasticity.
If you know any of these three ask why they know so little about stroke recovery. They should have been apologizing for the complete failed state of stroke rehab.
That great stroke association would be calling these guys on the carpet and reaming them out.
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