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.

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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, November 8, 2017

A Novel Exercise Initiative for Seniors to Improve Balance and Physical Function

Useless until your doctor gets the protocol for this. What is your doctors fall prevention protocol? Is there one?
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0898264316662359
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Myrla Sales, MAppSc, Remco Polman, PhD, Keith D. Hill, PhD, ...
First Published August 9, 2016 Research Article


Abstract

Objective: To investigate the feasibility, effectiveness, and short-term effects of an exercise intervention using a novel exercise park in improving seniors’ balance, physical function, and quality of life.  
Method: Randomized controlled trial with pre- and post-intervention design (baseline and 18-week intervention) was used. Outcome measures included measures of balance, strength, and function, as well as quality of life and fear of falling. MANCOVA was used to assess differences between groups (control and exercise intervention) over time.  
Results: Intervention group showed significant improvement on single leg stance (p = .02, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [−8.35, −0.549]), knee strength (p < .01, 95% CI = [−29.14, −5.86]), 2-min walk (p = 0.02, 95% CI = [−19.13, −0.859]), and timed sit to stand (p = .03, 95% CI = [−2.26, −0.143]) tests.  
Discussion: The exercise park program improved physical function and had high adherence and participation rate. Such intervention has been shown to be safe and therefore might enhance participation in exercise programs for older adults.
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