Development of learned nonuse of affected upper limbs among stroke survivors in middle and late middle age

I happen to think your definition of learned non-use is completely wrong.  It is vastly more likely that  the neuronal cascade of death in the first week is the problem. You may be able to initially move a muscle but after the neuronal cascade of death has occurred, you no longer have live brain cells that can do that task.  You are assigning learned non-use to an impossibility and blaming the patient rather than BLAMING THE DOCTOR for not stopping the neuronal cascade of death. 

My take is that your doctor has the learned nonuse problem, they have learned to do nothing for stroke survivors and have been getting away with it for decades. 

 

Development of learned nonuse of affected upper limbs among stroke survivors in middle and late middle age

脳卒中後遺症者が麻痺側上肢の不使用に至るプロセス ─壮年期あるいは中年期に脳卒中を発症した人の場合─.  Japanese Occupational Therapy Research , Volume 39(1) , Pgs. 70-78.

NARIC Accession Number: I247543.  What's this?
Author(s): Eiko Otsuka; Mariko Yoshino; Nobuko Morii.
Publication Year: 2020.

Abstract: 

The purpose of this study was to investigate the processes through which stroke survivors develop learned nonuse of their affected upper limbs. This was a qualitative study based on the Modified Grounded Theory approach. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with stroke survivors who had strokes in middle age or late middle age and had developed learned nonuse of their affected upper limbs. A total of 8 stroke survivors were interviewed, and analysis resulted in the emergence of 20 concepts, 4 categories, and 4 subcategories. The middle age and late middle age stroke survivors developed learned nonuse of their affected upper limbs under the influence of social interaction and they repeatedly compared their current condition to before the onset, and they recovered through taking on the same roles as before the onset.
Descriptor Terms: Language disorders, Rehabilitation workshops, Treatment, Brain.
Language: Japanese
Geographic Location(s): Japan, East & Southeast Asia.

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Citation: Eiko Otsuka, Mariko Yoshino, Nobuko Morii. (2020). Development of learned nonuse of affected upper limbs among stroke survivors in middle and late middle age.  脳卒中後遺症者が麻痺側上肢の不使用に至るプロセス ─壮年期あるいは中年期に脳卒中を発症した人の場合─.  Japanese Occupational Therapy Research , 39(1), Pgs. 70-78. Retrieved 6/23/2022, from REHABDATA database.