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.

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Combining cyproheptadine hydrochloride with targeted muscle activation training to treat upper extremity stroke: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial

So I guess this is why this drug is being used. Spasticity reduction. Only two years for your competent? doctor to figure how to treat your spasticity. Is your doctor competent at all?

Use of cyproheptadine hydrochloride (HCl) to reduce neuromuscular hypertonicity in stroke survivors: A Randomized Trial: Reducing Hypertonicity in Stroke October 2022

The latest here:

 Combining cyproheptadine hydrochloride with targeted muscle activation training to treat upper extremity stroke: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Volume 105(10), Pgs. 1938-1945.

NARIC Accession Number: J94231. What's this?
Author(s): Kamper, Derek, Bansal, Naveen, Barry, Alexander, Seo, Na J., Celian, Courtney, Vidakovic, Lynn, Stoykov, Mary E., Roth, Elliot.
Publication Year: 2024.
Abstract: Study evaluated a treatment for upper-extremity impairment in stroke survivors that combines administration of cyproheptadine hydrochloride with repetitive practice focused on control of muscle activation patterns. Participants received either a placebo or cyproheptadine hydrochloride in identical pill form. The daily dosage of cyproheptadine/placebo was gradually increased from 8 to 24 milligrams per day over 3 weeks and then maintained over the next 6 weeks while participants completed 18 therapy sessions. Therapy consisted of either: (1) active practice of muscle activation patterns to play "serious" computer games or control a custom hand exoskeleton or (2) passive, cyclical finger stretching imposed by the exoskeleton. Ninety-four stroke survivors with severe, chronic hand impairment were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 treatment groups (cyproheptadine-active, cyproheptadine-stretching, placebo-active, or placebo-stretching). The primary outcome was time to complete the Graded Wolf Motor Function Test (GWMFT); secondary outcome measures included finger strength and spasticity. Across the 88 participants who completed the study, a repeated-measures analysis of variance revealed a significant effect of group-by-evaluation interaction on GWMFT. The 3 groups receiving cyproheptadine and/or actively practicing muscle activation pattern control exhibited significant reduction in mean time to complete the GWMFT tasks; roughly one-third of these participants experienced at least a 10 percent reduction in completion time. Gains were maintained at the 1-month follow-up evaluation. The group receiving placebo and passive stretching did not show improvement. No significant differences among groups were observed in terms of changes in strength or spasticity.
Descriptor Terms: DEXTERITY, DRUGS, EXERCISE, LIMBS, MOTOR SKILLS, MUSCULAR IMPAIRMENTS, PHARMACOLOGY, REHABILITATION TECHNOLOGY, ROBOTICS, STROKE, THERAPEUTIC TRAINING.


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Citation: Kamper, Derek, Bansal, Naveen, Barry, Alexander, Seo, Na J., Celian, Courtney, Vidakovic, Lynn, Stoykov, Mary E., Roth, Elliot. (2024.) Combining cyproheptadine hydrochloride with targeted muscle activation training to treat upper extremity stroke: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation., 105(10), Pgs. 1938-1945. Retrieved 11/20/2024, from REHABDATA database.

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