Deans' stroke musings: New Jersey Health Foundation funds stroke study by Kessler Foundation & Stevens Institute

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.

Thursday, March 22, 2018

New Jersey Health Foundation funds stroke study by Kessler Foundation & Stevens Institute

Is this better than metronome cueing? I expect your doctor to know the answer.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/kf-njh032018.php

Researchers at Kessler Foundation and Stevens Institute will test the efficacy of SAFE Orthosis to facilitate recovery of gait symmetry in stroke survivors

Kessler Foundation

East Hanover, NJ - March 20, 2018 - Karen Nolan, PhD, senior research scientist in Human Performance and Engineering Research at Kessler Foundation, will collaborate with Stevens Institute of Technology on a grant from New Jersey Health Foundation. With this $35,000 grant, investigators will develop and test the SAFE (Stevens Ankle-Foot Electromechanical) Orthosis, an adaptive oscillator-based assistive device with sensory stimulation to facilitate recovery of gait symmetry in stroke survivors.
Sensory impairment is common after stroke, occurring in about 60% of individuals. Lower limb sensory dysfunction after stroke has been linked to deficiencies in standing balance, balance during ambulation, and gait speed and symmetry. This study will assess the immediate effects of locomotor training with the SAFE Orthosis in three ambulatory stroke participants and three age-matched healthy controls.
"SAFE Orthosis senses an individual's intentions and desired movements, using electromyogram signals collected by surface electrodes," explained Dr. Nolan. "If proven effective, this intervention may provide a universal standard for improving gait symmetry in stroke survivors. This type of individualized care is key to successful rehabilitation, including fully integrating into work, school, and the community."
Kessler Foundation will conduct single-session tests on each participant as they walk using the new powered orthosis, which is currently being developed at Stevens' Wearable Robotic Systems Laboratory under the leadership of Dr. Damiano Zanotto, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Kessler Foundation research staff will handle recruitment and assist with the collection, analysis, and interpretation of study data, as well as with dissemination and publication of findings.