Deans' stroke musings: Pilot study combining electrical stimulation and a dynamic hand orthosis for functional recovery in chronic stroke

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.

Saturday, September 8, 2018

Pilot study combining electrical stimulation and a dynamic hand orthosis for functional recovery in chronic stroke

You'll have to bring this to your therapist and ask what the hell a dynamic hand orthosis is.

Pilot study combining electrical stimulation and a dynamic hand orthosis for functional recovery in chronic stroke

American Journal of Occupational Therapy (AJOT) , Volume 72(2) , Pgs. 7202345030.

NARIC Accession Number: J79235. What's this?
ISSN: 0272-9490.
Author(s): Doucet, Barbara M.; Mettler, Joni A..
Publication Year: 2018.
Number of Pages: 6.
Abstract: Study investigated the effect of a combined neuromuscular electrical stimulation (ES) and dynamic hand orthosis (DHO) regimen to improve performance on specific daily tasks in people with chronic stroke. Four people with chronic stroke participated in an ES–DHO regimen using the affected upper extremity 5 times a week for 6 weeks. Outcome measures included grip strength, range of motion (ROM), and analysis of muscle activation–deactivation during release of grasp through electromyography. Ability to perform specific daily living tasks was assessed using the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS). Results suggested that improvements in strength, ROM, and grasp deactivation are possible with the combined ES–DHO regimen. All participants’ AMPS motor scores improved. Findings indicate that an ES–DHO regimen may improve motor skills needed for functional task performance in people with chronic stroke. The results should be interpreted cautiously because of the pilot nature of the study and the small sample size.
Descriptor Terms: DAILY LIVING, ELECTRICAL STIMULATION, INTERVENTION, LIMBS, MOTOR SKILLS, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, ORTHOTICS, OUTCOMES, PILOT PROJECTS, STROKE, TASK ANALYSIS.

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Citation: Doucet, Barbara M., Mettler, Joni A.. (2018). Pilot study combining electrical stimulation and a dynamic hand orthosis for functional recovery in chronic stroke. American Journal of Occupational Therapy (AJOT) , 72(2), Pgs. 7202345030. Retrieved 9/8/2018, from REHABDATA database.