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.

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (FMRI) AS A PREDICTIVE TOOL FOR REHABILITATION OUTCOMES IN STROKE PATIENTS

When the hell are you people going to actually deliver EXACT RECOVERY PROTOCOLS? Instead of this crapola of predicting failure to recover?

 

FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (FMRI) AS A PREDICTIVE TOOL FOR REHABILITATION OUTCOMES IN STROKE PATIENTS

Dr Atiqa Ijaz
Medical Officer
Dr Abdul Mannan
Lecturer
Dr Rameel Ur Rehman Cheema
Lecturer

Abstract

BACKGROUND: 

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a non-invasive technique providing valuable insights into brain activity. Its application in stroke rehabilitation is emerging as a potential tool for predicting recovery outcomes.


OBJECTIVE: 

This study aimed to explore the predictive capacity of baseline fMRI brain activation patterns on rehabilitation outcomes in stroke patients.


METHODS: 

With 150 stroke patients, we conducted a prospective cohort research to examine the correlation between baseline fMRI results and 6-month rehabilitation outcomes. The modified Rankin Scale (mRS) and the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) were used as outcome indicators.


RESULTS: 

Our findings revealed that the degree of brain activation within motor-related regions at baseline significantly correlated with functional improvement after six months. Both NIHSS score (R^2 = 0.45, p<0.001) and mRS score (R^2 = 0.38, p<0.001) were strongly associated with baseline fMRI data.


CONCLUSION: 

Our results suggest that baseline fMRI brain activation patterns can predict rehabilitation outcomes in stroke patients, providing a promising direction for individualizing stroke rehabilitation strategies.

Article Details

How to Cite
Atiqa Ijaz, Abdul Mannan, & Rameel Ur Rehman Cheema. (2023). FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (FMRI) AS A PREDICTIVE TOOL FOR REHABILITATION OUTCOMES IN STROKE PATIENTS. Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Research, 3(1). Retrieved from https://jhrlmc.com/index.php/home/article/view/34
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  1. AnonymousJuly 19, 2023 at 4:21 AM

    It strikes me that using FMRi to predict the outcome of rehabilitation of a stroke victim, will simply mean that those who suffered a major stroke will be 'parked" whilst those who only had a small area of damage will receive the most treatment. Well it will make the doctors and hospitals look good when their treated patients all seem to recover well, but those of us who suffered a major stroke can look forward to a 'life" in a nursing home, or confined to the back room of a daughter's house if they are released. I suffered a "Major" stroke. I now live alone in my own house, I drive, do my own shopping, manage my own appointments & finances, in other words I can survive in the outside world. only because I received fairly intensive physio when I was in rehab, but if they had weighed up my chances of a full recovery then it is quite likely I would have been left in a hospital bed for several months, then transferred to a nursing home to spend the next 40 years.

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