Deans' stroke musings: Effects of domotics on cognitive, social and personal functioning in patients with chronic stroke: A pilot study

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.

Monday, March 16, 2020

Effects of domotics on cognitive, social and personal functioning in patients with chronic stroke: A pilot study

Domotics: Robotic technology for use in the home. The automatic control of home appliances by electronic systems. Good luck being able to afford this.

Effects of domotics on cognitive, social and personal functioning in patients with chronic stroke: A pilot study

Disability and Health Journal , Volume 13(1) , Pgs. 100838.

NARIC Accession Number: J82771. What's this?
ISSN: 1936-6574.
Author(s): Maggio, Maria G.; Maresca, Giuseppa; Russo, Margherita; Stagnitti, Maria C.; Anchesi, Smeralda; Casella, Carmela; Zichitella, Caterina; Manuli, Alfredo; De Cola, Maria C.; De Luca, Rosaria; Calabro, Rocco S..
Publication Year: 2020.
Number of Pages: 4.

Abstract:

Study evaluated the effects of home automation (also known as domotics) on cognitive functions and personal/social autonomy in 40 patients with stroke undergoing neurorehabilitation at IRCCS Centro Neurolesi (Messina, Italy), between June 2017 and March 2019. All of the patients were randomized into either the control group (undergoing traditional training based on face-to-face interaction between therapist and patient, and practical activities), or the experimental group (undergoing home automation training). Each participant was evaluated before and immediately after the training period. Each different training consisted of 3 sessions per week for eight weeks (a total of 24 sessions), each session lasting about 60 minutes. For both the conventional and experimental trainings, treatments were performed in groups, and all the patients were provided with the same amount of treatment. Patients in the experimental group showed a greater improvement in cognitive and social performance, as compared to the control group. This study shows that domotics could be effective in improving social and cognitive functioning, autonomy and functional recovery in patients affected by chronic stroke.
Descriptor Terms: ADJUSTMENT, ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY, COGNITION, DAILY LIVING, ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEMS, INDEPENDENT LIVING, INTERNATIONAL REHABILITATION, OUTCOMES, SOCIAL SKILLS, STROKE.

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Citation: Maggio, Maria G., Maresca, Giuseppa, Russo, Margherita, Stagnitti, Maria C., Anchesi, Smeralda, Casella, Carmela, Zichitella, Caterina, Manuli, Alfredo, De Cola, Maria C., De Luca, Rosaria, Calabro, Rocco S.. (2020). Effects of domotics on cognitive, social and personal functioning in patients with chronic stroke: A pilot study. Disability and Health Journal , 13(1), Pgs. 100838. Retrieved 3/16/2020, from REHABDATA database.

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