“Learned Nonuse” After Stroke: How It Happens & Why Patients Should Try to Avoid It:Flint rehab

I happen to think your definition of learned non-use is wrong.  It is vastly more likely that  the neuronal cascade of death in the first week is the problem. You may be able to initially move a muscle but after the neuronal cascade of death has occurred, you no longer have live brain cells that can do that task.  You are assigning learned non-use to an impossibility and blaming the patient rather than BLAMING THE DOCTOR for not stopping the neuronal cascade of death.

 

“Learned Nonuse” After Stroke: How It Happens & Why Patients Should Try to Avoid It:Flint rehab