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Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain!trillions and trillions of neuronsthatDIEeach day because there areNOeffective 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.
The hand on the left indicates the 25 test sites used. The hand
on the right shows the brain’s inaccurate map of the hand following
stroke.
Researchers with Neuroscience Research Australia and their colleagues
have identified a remarkable new of improving recovery after stroke.
The team found that some stroke patients have a distorted or "scrambled"
representation map of their hand. When a patient is touched in one
location on the hand, they perceive the sensation as originating from
another site. A recent study revealed that it is possible to correct
this scrambled map, leading to improved motor functioning.
"This new evidence means that we can now focus on creating new rehabilitation strategies that can help patients
to regain normal sensation and fine motor skill after a stroke," says
Dr Ingvars Birznieks. "As there is little awareness of this condition,
we think that this dysfunction may be more common than previously
thought. It is generally not detected during routine neurological
examination and patients themselves are not aware of it. "
This sensory mismatch results in difficulties to perform skilled
movements requiring fine control, such as using a knife and fork or a
pen. Current rehabilitation strategies to regain hand
and arm function after stroke largely focus on regaining movement,
however, the ability to simply move a limb is not enough as proper use
of our hands relies on sensory information about the objects we touch.
"Would you be able to pick a raspberry or hold an egg with numb
fingertips?" asks Dr Birznieks.
These new findings may explain why some stroke patients cannot regain the dexterity of hand movements for years following a stroke.
"Increasing awareness and understanding of this dysfunction will help
to identify the affected patients," says Dr Birznieks, "and by
developing relevant rehabilitation strategies designed specifically to
normalise tactile representation maps we hope to improve their chances
to regain fine sensation and control over the affected hand."
Provided by:Neuroscience Research Australia
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