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.

Saturday, June 7, 2014

Turning-based treadmill training improves turning performance and gait symmetry after stroke

What the hell is turning treadmill training? And who is going to write this up as a stroke protocol and distribute it to all PTs around the world?
http://search.naric.com/research/rehab/redesign_record.cfm?search=2&type=all&criteria=J68084&phrase=no&rec=124255
NARIC Accession Number: J68084.  What's this?
ISSN: 1545-9683.
Author(s): Chen, I-Hsuan; Yang, Yea-Ru; Chan, Rai-Chi; Wang, Ray-Yau.
Publication Year: 2014.
Number of Pages: 11.
Abstract: Study examined the effects of turning-based treadmill training on turning performance, gait symmetry, balance, and muscle strength in patients with chronic stroke. Thirty participants were randomly assigned to the experimental group that received 30 minutes of turning-based treadmill training or to the control group that received 30 minutes of regular treadmill training, followed by a 10-minute general exercise program for 12 sessions over 4 weeks. Primary outcomes (overground turning speed and temporal and spatial characteristics of straight walking) and secondary outcomes (balance and muscle strength) were assessed at baseline, after training, and at 1-month follow-up. There were significant interaction effects between groups and time on turning speed regardless of turning direction, straight-walking performance (speed and temporal symmetry), strength of hip muscles and ankle dorsiflexors, and balance control (Berg Balance Scale, weight shifting in the forward direction and vestibular function). Compared with the control group, the experimental group showed greater improvements in these measures following training. These improvements were maintained at the 1-month follow-up evaluation. Turning-based treadmill training may be a feasible and effective strategy to improve turning ability, gait symmetry, muscle strength, and balance control for individuals with chronic stroke.
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3 comments:

  1. AmyJune 8, 2014 at 4:58 AM

    Well now that's interesting. Turning-based treadmill training. Hmmm.

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  2. oc2deanJune 8, 2014 at 10:44 PM

    That is exactly what a Minnesotan would say. I know you've been out of the business for three years but it's rather telling you can't even fathom what the hell this means. I don't feel so bad now since I don't understand how this is accomplished.

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