Executive dysfunction and balance function post-stroke: A cross-sectional study

With executive dysfunction you wouldn't be able to follow therapist instructions. So what is the protocol to address that dysfunction? Don't just describe the problem, offer a solution.
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Physiotherapy , Volume 102(1) , Pgs. 64-70.

NARIC Accession Number: J76647.  What's this?
ISSN: 0031-9406.
Author(s): Hayes, Sara; Donnellan, Claire; Stokes, Emma.
Publication Year: 2016.
Number of Pages: 7.
Abstract: Study investigated the prevalence of executive dysfunction (ED), demographic, and clinical differences between participants with ED and without ED and, independent association between executive function (EF) and balance post-stroke. One hundred participants were evaluated within 6 months of experiencing a first-ever stroke. Participant age ranged from 31 to 98 years, time since stroke ranged from 4 to 180 days, and the participants reported formal education ranging from 7 to 21 years. The primary outcome measure was balance function; secondary outcomes included EF, stroke severity, depression and global cognition. Descriptive statistics were used to report the prevalence of ED post-stroke. Comparisons of demographic and clinical characteristics were made between participants with ED and without ED using independent t-tests. Hierarchical multiple linear regression analysis determined the association between EF and balance post-stroke. Results indicated that ED was present in 47 percent of the study participants the first six months post-stroke. Participants with ED had more severe strokes, poorer global cognition, and poorer balance than participants without ED. Age, years of education, stroke severity, time since stroke, and EF were independently associated with balance post-stroke. The total variance in balance explained by the model was 72 percent. Findings suggest ED is independently associated with balance post-stroke. Physiotherapists should consider this when developing rehabilitation strategies to improve balance post-stroke.(This last sentence is a fucking joke, abandoning all sense of responsibility for anything researched here.)
Descriptor Terms: CLIENT CHARACTERISTICS, COGNITIVE DISABILITIES, DEMOGRAPHICS, EQUILIBRIUM, PHYSICAL THERAPY, POSTURE, PREVALENCE, STROKE.


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Citation: Hayes, Sara, Donnellan, Claire, Stokes, Emma. (2016). Executive dysfunction and balance function post-stroke: A cross-sectional study.  Physiotherapy , 102(1), Pgs. 64-70. Retrieved 10/11/2017, from REHABDATA database.