After your doctor has measured your sensation, what EXACT PROTOCOLS are used to recover any deficits? NOTHING? Then you don't have a functioning stroke doctor or hospital!
This has been available since October 2011 to give you a sense of how fucking incompetent your stroke medical professionals' are!
Measures of sensation in neurological conditions: a systematic review
Abstract
Objective:
To systematically review the psychometric properties and clinical
utility of measures of sensation in neurological conditions to inform
future research studies and clinical practice.
Data sources: Electronic databases (MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE and AMED) were searched from their inception to December 2010.
Review methods:
Search terms were used to identify articles that investigated any
sensory measures in neurological conditions. Data about their
psychometric properties and clinical utility were extracted and analyzed
independently. The strength of the psychometric properties and clinical
utility were assessed following recommendations.1
Results:
Sixteen sensory measures were identified. Inter-rater reliability and
redundancy of testing protocols are particular issues for this area of
assessment. Eleven were rejected because they were not available for a
researcher or clinician to use. Of the remaining five measures, the
Erasmus MC modifications of the Nottingham Sensory Assessment and the
Sensory section of the Fugl–Meyer Assessment showed the best balance of
clinical utility and psychometric properties.
Conclusion:
Many measures of sensory impairment have been used in research but few
have been fully developed to produce robust data and be easy to use. At
present, the sensory section of the Fugl–Meyer Assessment and the
Erasmus MC modifications of the Nottingham Sensory Assessment show the
most effective balance of usability and robustness, when delivered
according to the operating instructions.
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