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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE IN THE TREATMENT OF POST-STROKE PATIENTS
Keywords:
stroke, hemiparesis, rehabilitation, assistive technology, robotic technology, exoskeleton, brain computer interfaces, neuroprosthesisAbstract
Stroke is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the
brain causes cell death. These can be divided into two main sub-types:
ischemic and haemorrhagic. Both of these types lead to a starvation of
brain cell’s inducing hypoxic-like damage or an increase in intracranial
pressure resulting in intracranial hypertension associated with a loss
of cognitive function amongst many other complications.
The Purpose
of this research article is to provide an informed understanding on the
effectiveness of a wide range of rehabilitative methods within medicine
and how these methods can be applied in order to improve the status of
post-stroke patients.
Materials and methods: A review of the
available literature was conducted, including articles on the recovery
of patients after stroke and possible physical interventions used in the
rehabilitation of these patients, which revealed an impact on symptoms,
functional deficits and functional activity. The search for scientific
articles is realized in the database of Pub Med. Scientific articles
were searched for results defining: stroke, epidemiology, risk factors,
symptoms, severity of the disease, post-stroke care, stroke
rehabilitation, neurorehabilitation, physiotherapy, robot assisted
rehabilitation, robotic technology, assistive technology, exoskeleton,
activities of daily living, Brain-computer interface (BCI), Electric
stimulation, neuromuscular functional electrical stimulation (NMFES)
motor imagery (MI), neurorehabilitation devices, Neuroprosthesis.
Results:
In the conducted review of the literature we found articles that
contain evidence of the effectiveness(I didn't see any effectiveness) of the rehabilitation. The results
indicated, from this stroke-suffering patients the symptoms such as
headache, visual difficulty and confusion were swiftly corrected through
the utilisation of rehabilitative techniques, in comparison to no
implementation of any rehabilitation medicine. The duration of treatment
was reduced significantly, however, more research needs to be
undertaken in order to understand the pathophysiology in regards to the
numbness and hemiparesis displayed by stroke patients so can provide a
link that rehabilitative techniques do provide a more effective and
concise way in which to treat post-stroke patients. The results achieved
from this review proved that there does exist, nonetheless a positive
relationship between the administration of these rehabilitative devices
in the form of treatment and the shortening in recovery time taken for a
post-stroke patient from the onset of stroke to the eradication of
major and minor clinical signs and symptoms associated with stroke.
Conclusion:
Overall, physical and rehabilitation medicine plays an integral and
supportive part in the treatment of post-stroke patients. Through the
various techniques and devices, we can establish a positive relationship
in a shortened duration of recovery a patient suffering from stroke as
opposed to stand-alone and conventional methods to treat stroke
patients, however, more research needs to be undertook in order to
provide innovation and to advance the field of physical and
rehabilitative medicine and the role it plays within stroke medicine and
related health disciplines
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