Deans' stroke musings: A nearly full-recovery from AVM hemorrhagic stroke 17 years after insult using a new integrated neurodevelopmental approach: A case report

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.

Thursday, September 21, 2017

A nearly full-recovery from AVM hemorrhagic stroke 17 years after insult using a new integrated neurodevelopmental approach: A case report

Your doctor can use this case and the recovery of Pedro Bach-y-Rita. to create a stroke protocol to get you 100% recovered. NO EXCUSES. If your doctor created nothing from the Pedro Bach-y-Rita case you have a fucking incompetent doctor.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28906387

Friedmann AJ¹.

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Abstract

RATIONAL:

With the prevalence of stroke increasing in the USA and the world along with increased survival and longevity due to medical advancements, it has become increasingly necessary to look at the chronic phase of stroke recovery. Previous paradigms of stroke treatment have proven ineffective when looking at 10, 15, or 20 years of survival post insult.

PATIENT CONCERNS:

The patient, being a young man just out of high school, was concerned with his overall morbidity. He was highly concerned with the quality of life he could expect as a stroke survivor with a life expectancy of 60 years or more.

DIAGNOSES:

C was diagnosed with a hemorrhagic AVM stroke that impacted several regions of the brain, particularly the right occipital and temporal lobes as well as bilateral motor control. C experienced severe hpertonicity of the musculature and significant vertigo.

INTERVENTIONS:

This study investigated a novel approach to chronic-phase stroke rehabilitation using traditional child motor-learning techniques, play, and proprioceptive-building activities in addition to current stroke rehabilitation techniques. During an initial six-month period, followed by a three-year period, the participant used motor-developmental learning activities as well as traditional strength, gait, and balance training. During the initial phase of treatment, clinically-significant improvements were recorded along with self-reported lifestyle enhancements. These gains continued throughout the three-and-a-half year process.

OUTCOMES:

C regained the ability to free-walk in small bouts and went from the use of a walker to canes. He regained use of his hands and removed a large partion of his vertigo. Of specific interest was the participant's ability to progress from using a walker to driving, returning to school, and starting a family.

LESSONS:

This study lays the groundwork for future studies into this type of therapeutic approach as well as highlighting the ability of chronic-phase stroke patients to recover well into the second decade post stroke. After the initial six month period, as gains were being observed, a more formal measurement process was begun for a second six-month period. Initial measurements of progress were taken every six weeks using the Fugl-Meyer test, the Berg Balance Test, the Barthel Index, and the Stroke Specific Quality Of Life scale. Results showed clinically significant improvements in all areas of recovery.