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.

Saturday, June 17, 2023

Exposure to near-infrared light before bed linked to better sleep, daytime function

Well fuck, we really need someone to write and distribute a protocol on this. All this previous research; OR ARE WE WAITING FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM?     

 

A new treatment protocol using photobiomodulation and muscle/bone/joint recovery techniques having a dramatic effect on a stroke patient's recovery: a new weapon for clinicians Sept. 2012      

 

Interplay between up-regulation of cytochrome-c-oxidase and hemoglobin oxygenation induced by near-infrared laser June 2017      

 

Photobiomodulation therapy promotes neurogenesis by improving post-stroke local microenvironment and stimulating neuroprogenitor cells Oct. 2017    


Increased Functional Connectivity Within Intrinsic Neural Networks in Chronic Stroke Following Treatment With Red/Near-Infrared Transcranial Photobiomodulation: Case Series With Improved Naming in Aphasia November 2019

The latest here which of course NOTHING will happen with.  Your stroke hospital is completely fucking incompetent.

 

Exposure to near-infrared light before bed linked to better sleep, daytime function

Key takeaways:

  • Thirty adults were randomized to wear near-infrared light-emitting cervical collar or sham device every other night for 5 weeks.
  • Patients with NIR collar self-reported improvement in sleep-related symptoms.

INDIANAPOLIS — Transdermal exposure to near-infrared light before bed via a wearable device was linked to improved sleep, relaxation and next-day functionality compared with sham, according to research presented at SLEEP 2023.

“Given the emerging field of photobiomodulation and its potential neuroprotective and vasodilating effects, this red-light and near-infrared emitting device may be useful if milliwatt power level, dosage and frequency of use are refined,” Kathryn E.R. Kennedy, BS, lead study author and PhD candidate in the department of psychiatry at the University of Arizona, said in a related release.

Sleep duration, sleep timing, social jetlag and shift work were not associated with fecundability or live birth. Source: Shutterstock
Results of a randomized, sham-controlled clinical trial featuring a cervical near-infrared light device found that exposure was linked to better sleep, daytime function. Image: Adobe Stock

Noting therapeutic effects, such as relaxation, with delivery of transdermal near-infrared (NIR) light, Kennedy and colleagues examined the effects of NIR exposure on sleep and daytime functioning when given before bed.

Their randomized, sham-controlled, 5-week study included 30 individuals, aged 30 to 60 years, who self-reported complaints about sleep but were not diagnosed with a sleep disorder. Following a 2-week baseline period, participants wore a NIR-emitting cervical collar (combined 660 nm, 740 nm, 810 nm and 870 nm) or sham device every other night before bed for 3 weeks.

Researchers assessed physical symptoms and sleep-related experiences using the Systematic Assessment of Treatment Emergent Effects (SAFTEE) questionnaire. They also examined differences between groups with the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), daily sleep diaries, Oura rings and daily participant ratings of sleep quality and feeling refreshed, daytime function, energy levels, relaxation and performance.

According to results, significant differences between active and sham groups were reported in SAFTEE total score (–9.4 vs. +13.8) and sleep-related symptoms (–2.9 vs. +4.1), while no differences were reported in ISI scores, Oura recordings or sleep diary data.

While most changes were consistent between groups, the active group had decreased sleep latency (–6 mins) and REM% (–0.9%), increased average sleep quality (+0.6 pts) and feeling refreshed (+0.7 pts), and perceived increase in relaxation (17.5 pts) and daytime function (17.5 pts). Conversely, the sham group had decreases in perceived overall performance (18.7 pts) and energy level (26 pts).

“This novel phototherapy device — while still being explored and in need of further research — appeared to be generally well-tolerated by a small group of participants,” Kennedy said in the release. “Those with active, light-emitting devices — as opposed to the inert sham devices — self-reported an increase in relaxation and better sleep with use.”

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