With no protocol we can never make appropriate improvements to get this better for every survivor.
You'll hear the fuckingly stupid excuse of: 'All strokes are different, all stroke recoveries are different'.
It's time to start screaming at your 'stroke medical professionals'. With no protocols you are essentially dealing with amateurs. OOPS, not the way to; 'How To Win Friends and Influence People'.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167945716300124
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Background
Intensive
task-specific training is promoted as one approach for facilitating
neural plastic brain changes and associated motor behavior gains
following neurologic injury. Partial body weight support treadmill
training (PBWSTT), is one task-specific approach frequently used to
improve walking during the acute period of stroke recovery (<1 month
post infarct). However, only limited data have been published regarding
the relationship between training parameters and physiologic demands
during this early recovery phase.
Objective
To
examine the impact of four walking speeds on stride characteristics,
lower extremity muscle demands (both paretic and non-paretic), Borg
ratings of perceived exertion (RPE), and blood pressure.
Design
A prospective, repeated measures design was used.
Methods
Ten
inpatients post unilateral stroke participated. Following three
familiarization sessions, participants engaged in PBWSTT at four
predetermined speeds (0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 mph) while bilateral
electromyographic and stride characteristic data were recorded. RPE was
evaluated immediately following each trial.
Results
Stride
length, cadence, and paretic single limb support increased with faster
walking speeds (p ⩽ 0.001), while non-paretic single limb support
remained nearly constant. Faster walking resulted in greater peak and mean
muscle activation in the paretic medial hamstrings, vastus lateralis
and medial gastrocnemius, and non-paretic medial gastrocnemius
(p ⩽ 0.001). RPE also was greatest at the fastest compared to two
slowest speeds (p < 0.05).
Conclusions
During
the acute phase of stroke recovery, PBWSTT at the fastest speed
(2.0 mph) promoted practice of a more optimal gait pattern with greater
intensity of effort as evidenced by the longer stride length, increased
between-limb symmetry, greater muscle activation, and higher RPE
compared to training at the slowest speeds.
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