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.

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.

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Abstract WP184: Correlation of Body Composition and Nutritional Status With Functional Recovery in Patients Undergoing Stroke Rehabilitation

So you described a problem, what the fuck is your solution? Why didn't you provide one? 

Laziness? Incompetence? Or just don't care? No leadership? No strategy? Not my job?

 

Abstract WP184: Correlation of Body Composition and Nutritional Status With Functional Recovery in Patients Undergoing Stroke Rehabilitation

Originally publishedhttps://doi.org/10.1161/str.50.suppl_1.WP184Stroke. 2019;50:AWP184
Introduction: Previous studies suggest that the nutritional status after stroke is independently associated with long-term outcome and that sarcopenia delays post-stroke rehabilitation and worsens prognosis. However, many patients who have suffered from stroke have deteriorated nutritional status and decreased muscle mass in the acute phase. Here, we assessed the correlation of body composition and nutritional status with functional recovery in patients undergoing subacute stroke rehabilitation.
Hypothesis: Decrease in muscle mass and malnutrition will prolong functional recovery in patients undergoing stroke rehabilitation.
Methods: This retrospective study performed in 2 stroke rehabilitation units from January 2017 to June 2018. We performed bioelectrical impedance analysis and determined the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI) for detecting muscle mass and nutritional status on admission. We analyzed actibities of daily living (ADL) using the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) at the time of admission and 4 weeks later. We described changes in motor FIM items and examined relationships between data.
Results and Conclusions: The study included 179 patients (mean age 75.5 ± 13.0 years, male/female: 89/90, and mean average of 27.6 ± 8.7 days after stroke). The patients received individual stroke rehabilitation program (159.8 ± 21.6 minutes per day) 7 days a week. Multiple regression analysis revealed that patients with high body muscle percentage (skeletal muscle mass/body weight) (odds ratio = 2.42), bioelectrical impedance analysis-derived phase angle (odds ratio = 3.23), and GNRI (odds ratio = 2.57) were significantly correlated with motor FIM items at 4 weeks. In conclusion, it was clarified that muscle mass maintenance by nutritional management and early rehabilitation in the acute period of stroke is essential for functional recovery in patients who have suffered from stroke.

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