Use the labels in the right column to find what you want. Or you can go thru them one by one, there are only 34,148 posts. Searching is done in the search box in upper left corner. I blog on anything to do with stroke. DO NOT DO ANYTHING SUGGESTED HERE AS I AM NOT MEDICALLY TRAINED, YOUR DOCTOR IS, LISTEN TO THEM. BUT I BET THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET YOU 100% RECOVERED. I DON'T EITHER BUT HAVE PLENTY OF QUESTIONS FOR YOUR DOCTOR TO ANSWER.
Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain!trillions and trillions of neuronsthatDIEeach day because there areNOeffective 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.
Intracerebral
hemorrhage (ICH) is a devastating disease, causing high rates of death,
disability, and suffering across the world. For decades, its treatment
has been shrouded by the lack of reliable evidence, and consequently,
the presumption that an effective treatment is unlikely to be found.
Neutral results arising from several major randomized controlled trials
had established a negative spirit within and outside the stroke
community. Frustration among researchers and a sense of nihilism in
clinicians has created the general perception that patients presenting
with ICH have a poor prognosis irrespective of them receiving any form
of active management. All this changed in 2023 with the positive results
on the primary outcome in randomized controlled trials showing
treatment benefits for a hyperacute care bundle approach (INTERACT3),
early minimal invasive hematoma evacuation (ENRICH), and use of factor
Xa-inhibitor anticoagulation reversal with andexanet alfa (ANNEXa-I).
These advances have now been extended in 2024 by confirmation that
intensive blood pressure lowering initiated within the first few hours
of the onset of symptoms can substantially improve outcome in ICH
(INTERACT4) and that decompressive hemicraniectomy is a viable treatment
strategy in patients with large deep ICH (SWITCH). This evidence will
spearhead a change in the perception of ICH, to revolutionize the care
of these patients to ultimately improve their outcomes. We review these
and other recent developments in the hyperacute management of ICH. We
summarize the results of randomized controlled trials and discuss
related original research papers published in this issue of the International Journal of Stroke. These exciting advances demonstrate how we are now at the dawn of a new, exciting, and brighter era of ICH management.
Intracerebral hemorrhage—the deadly sibling of ischemic stroke
Intracerebral
hemorrhage (ICH) is caused by the rupture of cerebral vessels which
results in bleeding within the brain parenchyma and/or ventricles.1
Overall, ICH comprises approximately 10–15% of all strokes worldwide,
but the rates are higher in low- and middle-income countries.2 Compared to ischemic stroke, the incidence of ICH has increased in recent years and the prognosis remains poor.3,4
Current estimates predict a significant increase in the incidence of
ICH in Europe related to aging and greater use of anticoagulants, with
major implications for health care systems and societies.5
Treatment of ICH before 2023—widespread frustration and nihilism
For
decades, treatment of ICH has been overshadowed by limited evidence and
a presumed lack of effective treatment options reflected by neutral and
restrictive guideline recommendations.6,7
Several randomized controlled trials of surgical treatment (i.e.
different approaches to evacuation of parenchymal or intraventricular
hematoma),8–11 blood pressure (BP) control,12,13 and hemostatic therapies,14–16 resulted in either borderline significant or neutral results. The evidence was persuasive from INTERACT2,12 and stronger when pooled with other trials as part of an individual patient data meta-analysis,17
for a beneficial effect of early intensive BP lowering. Although a
study-level meta-analysis of hematoma evacuation also found a potential
benefit,18
there is ongoing uncertainty over which patients have the most to gain
from neurosurgery along with the optimal timing and technique of
intervention. Collectively, these efforts have contributed to somewhat
of a negative spirit within (and outside) the stroke community, and in
turn degrees of frustration and nihilism regarding treatment approaches
and the perception of a uniformly poor prognosis for patients with ICH.19
YOU have to change the mindset of your doctors, researchers and stroke hospital from the nihilism of failure to recover predictions to: This is how we are going to get you recovered. THIS IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, your stroke medical 'professionals' have abandoned your possibility of recovery, so you just have to accept their failure to do their job. Hope you like your options of disability or death!
To determine whether the intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) score is accurate in predicting
30-day mortality in young adults, we calculated the ICH score for 156 young adults
(aged 18-45) with primary spontaneous ICH and compared predicted to observed 30-day
mortality rates.
Methods
We retrospectively reviewed all patients aged 18-45 consecutively presenting to the
University of Iowa from 2009 to 2019 with ICH. We calculated the ICH score and recorded
its individual subcomponents for each patient. Poisson regression was used to test
the association of ICH score components with 30-day mortality.
Results
We identified 156 patients who met the inclusion criteria; mean± standard deviation
(SD) age was 35±8 years. The 30-day mortality rate was 15% (n=24). The ICH score was
predictive of 30-day mortality for each unit increase (p= 0.04 for trend), but the
observed mortality rates for each ICH score varied considerably from the original
ICH score predictions. Most notably, the 30-day mortality rates for ICH scores of
1, 2, and 3 are predicted to be 13%, 26%, and 72% respectively, but were observed
in our population to be 0%, 3%, and 41%. An ICH volume of >30cc [relative risk (RR)
28, 95% confidence intervals (CI) 3-315, p=0.01] and a GCS score of <5 (RR 13, 95%
CI 0.1-1176, p=0.01) were independently associated with 30-day mortality.
Conclusions
The ICH score tends to overestimate mortality in young adults. ICH volume and GCS
score are the most relevant items in predicting mortality at 30 days in young adults.(Do you tell your patients you have predicted mortality and have given up on their treatment?)
WHOM is doing the specific followup to create protocols on this? NO PROTOCOLS, RESEARCH WAS WASTED. I see nothing here that identifies which of the the 5 causesof theneuronal cascade of death is being solved
Despite major advances in prevention, ischaemic stroke
remains one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide.
After centuries of nihilism and decades of failed neuroprotection
trials, the discovery, initially in non-human primates and subsequently
in man, that ischaemic brain tissue termed the ischaemic penumbra can be
salvaged from infarction up to and perhaps beyond 24 h after stroke
onset has underpinned the development of highly efficient reperfusion
therapies(Really? You have statistics proving 100% recovery? Nothing on 100% recovery, then they are not efficient. The problem to be solved is100% recovery, NOT REPERFUSION!), namely intravenous thrombolysis and endovascular
thrombectomy, which have revolutionized the management of the acute
stroke patient. Animal experiments have documented that how long the
penumbra can survive depends not only on time elapsed since arterial
occlusion (‘time is brain’), but also on how severely perfusion is
reduced. Novel imaging techniques allowing the penumbra and the already
irreversibly damaged core in the individual subject to be mapped have
documented that the time course of core growth at the expense of the
penumbra widely differs from patient to patient, and hence that
individual physiology should be considered in addition to time since
stroke onset for decision-making. This concept has been implemented to
optimize patient selection in pivotal trials of reperfusion therapies
beyond 3 h after stroke onset and is now routinely applied in clinical
practice, using computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. The
notion that, in order to be both efficient and harmless, treatment
should be tailored to each patient's physiological characteristics
represents a radical move towards precision medicine.
The
risks of stroke and dementia increase steeply with age, and both are
preventable. At present, the best way to preserve cognitive function is
to prevent stroke. Therapeutic nihilism based on age is common and
unwarranted(But you are a nihilist on stroke rehab, you have NOTHING!) . We address recent advances in stroke prevention that could
contribute greatly to prevention of stroke and dementia at a time when
the aging of the population threatens to markedly increase the incidence
of both. Issues discussed: (1) old patients benefit even more from
lipid-lowering therapy than do younger patients; (2) patients with stiff
arteries are at risk from a target systolic blood pressure <120
mm Hg; (And those stiff arteries are at higher risk of being perforated during endovascular thrombectomy)(3) the interaction of the intestinal microbiome, age, and renal
function has important dietary implications for older adults; (4)
anticoagulation with direct-acting oral anticoagulants should be
prescribed more to old patients with atrial fibrillation; (5) B vitamins
to lower homocysteine prevent stroke; and (6) most old patients in whom
intervention is warranted for carotid stenosis would benefit more from
endarterectomy than from stenting. An 80-year-old person has much to
lose from a stroke and should not have effective therapy withheld on
account of age. Lipid-lowering therapy, a more plant-based diet,
appropriate anticoagulation or antiplatelet therapy, appropriate blood
pressure control, B vitamins to lower homocysteine, and judicious
intervention for carotid stenosis could do much to reduce the growing
burden of stroke and dementia.
And our fucking failures of stroke associations don't even have curing stroke as a goal. They seem to think nothing further needs to be done as proven by this meme from World Stroke Day a few years ago. I would fire the lot of them including all the boards of directors of stroke hospitals for gross incompetence in not even trying to solve stroke.
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Complete lying by omission. The awareness you need to know is that everything in stroke is a complete failure. You're screwed if you have a stroke. NO REHAB PROTOCOLS, you just get worthless guidelines.
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – Even as Coronavirus captures the nation’s
attention, some advocates are teaching people about another serious
illness that has affected more than seven million Americans.
Stroke continues to affect someone every 40 seconds, according to the
American Heart Association (AHA), the organization behind
WSAV-sponsored events like the Go Red Luncheon.
But now, in the age of a fast-moving pandemic, efforts to educate
during the month of May — which is National Stroke Awareness month — are
entirely virtual. “If it wasn’t for organizations like the American Heart Association,
we wouldn’t have advances that are here today,”(Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit! It is orgs like you who don't do one damn thing to get survivors 100% recovered. That goal isn't even in your lexicon. You are the problem. ) said AHA Director of
Development Ansley Howze.
Howze says she started working with AHA when her father recovered
after undergoing several intensive heart surgeries. Tara MacInnes
involved herself with AHA because she has a rare brain disorder called
Moyamoya.
She recovered from two intensive brain surgeries when she was a
teenager. Her husband — who nearly died from an undetected brain
aneurysm — and dog are also stroke survivors.
In addition to bringing attention to National Stroke Awareness Month,
the MacInneses are staunch advocates for World Moyamoya Day on May 6.
And it just so happens, the couple is also celebrating their wedding
anniversary this month.
“There’s a lot of isolation, which is a strange word to use right
now, particularly during COVID-19,” said Tara MacInnes. “There’s a lot
about being a stroke survivor that can be isolating and that brings on a
whole lot of other things, particularly anxiety and depression.”
People with underlying health conditions are more at risk during the
pandemic. Despite that, MacInnes — who has always taken the high -road —
says her focus is on the word ‘fast.’ It represents the symptoms of a
stroke.
F: Face drooping?
A: Arm weakness?
S: Speech difficulty?
T: Time to call 911.
Horze says people are hesitant to call 911 — especially now during
the pandemic — when they experience symptoms of a stroke. The quicker
you call, however, the more likely you are to recover.
Donations to AHA go directly to research and support for survivors.
Horze says the organization has a $2.5 million grant to understand
COVID-19’s affect on people with heart and brain diseases.
If you’d like to help with other initiatives, consider donating at the following link. You can also call (843)480-4906.
Nothing really useful in here, just all the general guideline stuff already out there. They don't compile anything on all the problems in stroke, or this nihilism list
still needing solutions. From this you would never realize that stroke rehab is a shitshow.
Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine,
15 Apr 2020, DOI:
10.2340/16501977-2670PMID: 32296853
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Abstract
The
paper presents a summary of the Olle Höök lecture, which was presented
at the Baltic North-Sea Forum in Oslo, Sweden, in October 2019. The
paper aims to provide a worldwide picture of stroke, developments in
this field, and the evolution of stroke rehabilitation. It sets out the
background to, evidence for, and content of the comprehensive stroke
unit. The paper also describes some rehabilitation techniques based on
neurophysiology, the use of robotics, and the evidence level for
interventions. Organization of the stroke care chain and different
aspects of rehabilitation during its trajectory are described. However,
the need for rehabilitation is often not met, due to restricted and
unevenly distributed resources. With increasing knowledge of
neurophysiology and evidence from meta-analyses, the content of stroke
rehabilitation will continue to evolve.
The only thing you need to be aware of is that EVERYTHING in stroke is a
failure. NOT F.A.S.T. or prevention ideas or recovery prediction or biomarkers or lazy press releases that your stroke association thinks is important.
Your stroke hospital is a failure, your stroke doctor is a
failure, your therapists fail you, your stroke associations are pieces
of crap. All the failures here in one list; My nihilism list;
Have these interventions risen to the level of a protocol in the last 9 years? If not, A HELL OF A LOT OF PEOPLE NEED TO BE FIRED, starting with stroke department heads from every stroke hospital. Because if they aren't changing the failure of the status quo, they are not leaders and shouldn't be in positions of authority. This is what stroke leaders should be solving:
KristenL.Hollands a, *,TrudyA. Pelton b, SarahF.Tyson a, MarkA. Hollands c, Paulette M. van Vliet d a. School of Health, Sport and Rehabilitation Sciences,University of Salford,Frederick Rd.Campus,Salford M66PU, UK . b. School of Psychology,College of Life and Environmental Sciences,University of Birmingham, UK c. School of Sport and Exercise Sciences,College of Life and Environmental Sciences,University of Birmingham, UK d. School of Health Sciences,University of Newcastle, Australia Article history: Received: 5 May 2011 Received in revised form, 20 July 2011 Accepted: 22 October 2011
ABSTRACT
Impairments in gait coordination may be a factor in falls and mobility limitations after stroke.
Therefore, rehabilitation targeting gait coordination may be an effective way to improve walking post stroke. This review sought to examine current treatments that target impairments of gait coordination, the theoretical basis on which they are derived and the effects of such interventions. Few high quality RCTs with a low risk of bias specifically targeting and measuring restoration of coordinated gait were found.(Well then, create such research. Do you expect survivors to recover with the crapola they have today?) Consequently, we took a pragmatic approach to describing and quantifying the available evidence and included non-randomised study designs and limited the influence of heterogeneity in experimental design and control comparators by restricting meta-analyses to pre- and post-test comparisons of experimental interventions only. Results show that physiotherapy interventions significantly improved gait function and coordination. Interventions involving repetitive task specific practice and/or auditory cueing appeared to be the most promising approaches to restore gait coordination. The fact that overall improvements in gait coordination coincided with increased walking speed lends support to the hypothesis that targeting gait coordination gait may be a way of improving overall walking ability post stroke.However, establishing the mechanism for improved locomotor control requires a better understanding of the nature of both neuroplasticity and coordination deficits in functional tasks after stroke. Future research requires the measurement of impairment, activity and cortical activation in an effort to establish the mechanism by which functional gains are achieved.
After a long process of recovery, Shaun Wilson tells
Kathy Donaghy he is now on a mission to raise awareness about the
increase of 'working-age stroke'
2Stroke survivor Shaun Wilson pictured at Fahan, Co Donegal. Photo: Lorcan Doherty.
Kathy Donaghy
A stroke three years ago at the age of 43 turned Shaun Wilson's world
upside down. Having returned to work earlier this year, he's on a
mission to raise awareness about the increase of stroke in younger
people and how, with the right help and support, you can get your life
back on track.
It was during surgery to remove a cyst from his brain that Shaun
(46), a father of two teenage boys from Co Donegal, suffered a stroke,
in September 2016. He says he knew little or nothing about stroke until
it happened to him.
According to the Irish Heart Foundation, a stroke occurs when a blood
vessel, which is carrying oxygen and nutrients to the brain, bursts or
is blocked by a clot. This causes an interruption of the blood supply to
part of the brain. This can damage or destroy brain, cells which will
affect body functions.
The term 'stroke' comes from the fact that it usually happens without
warning, 'striking' the person from out of the blue. The effects of a
stroke on the body are immediate.
Shaun remembers waking up in recovery from surgery with no power in
the right-hand side of his body and slurred speech. He asked the doctors
if he'd ever walk again. Immediately his thoughts turned to how he was
going to pay the mortgage on the family home if he couldn't get out to
work.
"The doctors told me that there are no two people the same and it was
very hard to say what recovery would be like. I told them I wasn't
looking for exact dates but what were their hopes. I told them I needed
something to work towards," says Shaun.
After spending three weeks in Beaumont Hospital, he began a long
period of rehabilitation - first in Letterkenny in Co Donegal and later
at the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin.
He has videos from the time on his phone showing his first attempts
to put weight on his legs, which show just how far he's had to come. By
January of 2017, he was walking with a stick and had to wear a splint.
He puts a lot of his recovery down to being a stickler for doing the
work. As well as the physiotherapy he got, he made sure he repeated the
exercises he was given several times a day. He and his wife Doreen
walked - even if it was only a short distance to start with - every day.
In February 2017, Shaun started going to the gym in a hotel in Derry
City, half an hour away from his home in Fahan in Donegal. From Monday
to Friday, he caught the 8.10am bus to the city, catching the midday bus
home after spending time in the gym and the pool, which helped to
improve his mobility.
He lifted weights to build up the strength in his right arm gradually
and Shaun stresses that while progress was slow, the fact that others
could see improvement really spurred him on. He found it exhausting and
needed to rest as soon as he came home again.
"The first couple of weeks were the worst when I honestly wondered if
I'd be able to do anything for myself. In hospital I was thinking too
much," says Shaun.
He joined a support group in Letterkenny called 'Different Strokes
for Different Folks' and found he was the youngest person in the group
by a long way. His wife Doreen went to the group meetings with him and
together they learned that working-age people all over the country,
people just like them, were piecing their lives back together after
stroke.
Shaun was finding concentrating on things hard. From TV shows to
writing notes on the iPad, he just couldn't concentrate. Gradually and
with practice, this improved. Fatigue was also a big issue. "Fatigue is
not just tiredness - it's brain tiredness. You learn that when you're
tired, there's no point in trying to do something. The rest is more
important. Half an hour of sitting in quietness can do a lot," he says.
Before the stroke, he says his job for a motor parts company often
saw him leave the house before 8am and not return till after eight at
night. "At the time, I thought I'd no choice. Now I try not to let
myself get too worked up about work. There's a lot more to life," he
says.
Last September, Shaun had to take his driving test again. And in
April, he returned to work with a different car parts company. "I count
myself as very lucky. I'm a positive person and I think positivity
helps. The people in your life help too. I'm still an early bird in the
mornings but I'm home at 5.30pm. Ryan (16) and Oran (14) might have
football and I'm here for that now. You take it all for granted until
something happens. I feel lucky to have got to where we are now but it's
a different life now," says Shaun.
According to the Irish Heart Foundation (IHF), 8,000 people are
hospitalised every year after suffering a stroke. In the space of less
than a decade, there has been a 26pc increase in working-age stroke, or
the equivalent of 300 younger strokes a year. Meanwhile, new Public
Health England data shows that almost four in every 10 first strokes now
happen in middle age.
The IHF's head of advocacy, Chris Macey, says while improvements in
stroke services in recent years have resulted in thousands of additional
lives being saved, there has been no corresponding investment in
community rehabilitation services. He says this means stroke survivors'
recoveries are being squandered, with younger people particularly
falling off the radar.
While the number of deaths has fallen, there has been a lack of
investment in recovery and Macey says stroke survivors often find
themselves back in the community with no access to services like
physiotherapy.
"Psychological services are virtually non-existent. Our research
shows that while there's at least 60,000 stroke survivors, there's less
than €7m being spent on community rehabilitation," he says.
Another major deficit the IHF found in its research is the lack of
supports to return to work after stroke, which meant that only 36pc of
those affected were in work, compared to 88pc who were employed before
their stroke.
"Employers want to help but they don't know what to do. Often people
going back to work don't realise how difficult things will be. It's not
like breaking your arm. People with young families are worried about the
financial burden and they have to find ways around losing income," says
Macey.
As part of a pilot programme, the IHF set up a support group to help
younger stroke sufferers in Dublin last year. The group's co-ordinator,
Helena Heffernan, says she's familiar with the struggles younger stroke
sufferers go through after her own husband had a stroke at the age of 32
over a decade ago.
"There's no two people the same. Some people really struggle to
accept what's happened, others are in denial. The group meets in the
morning and it's driven by what the members want. At the same time, we
are still doing exercises and working on things like balance and
co-ordination.
"After the exercises, we go for coffee. We might sit down for half an hour or we could be there for two hours," says Helena.
⬤ You can get in touch with Helena Heffernan from the Younger Stroke
Support Group by calling 086 130 0237, or get more information on stroke
from the Irish Heart Foundation at irisheart.ie.
The Donegal stroke support group Different Strokes for Different Folks is on Facebook.
'I was told it was just a migraine'
Clíodhna Ní Bhroin had a stroke at 32. Photo: Frank McGrath
Clíodhna Ní Bhroin from Killiney in Dublin suffered a
stroke two years ago at the age of just 32. She says people should be
aware that stroke can happen to anyone, regardless of age.
When she went to the GP feeling unwell, Clíodhna was told she had a
migraine and was told to take an aspirin and rest. Her mother and sister
weren't happy and called an ambulance. Scans showed Clíodhna had had
not one but two strokes and needed a thrombectomy, a relatively new
medical procedure to remove the clots.
Clíodhna had to learn to do everything again - from reading and
writing to talking - and while she made good progress quickly, she still
suffers from fatigue, a common after-effect of stroke.
She's hoping to return to work in software quality assurance in
October but says the return has taken longer than she anticipated.
A year ago, she joined the younger stroke support group facilitated
by the Irish Heart Foundation and it's helped her cope with the huge
amount of change she's faced in her life since stroke.
"As well as the fatigue, I lost all sensation in the right-hand side
of my body, although I do have the movement back. That's something that
impacts on my quality of life. I've learned there's no timescale for
these things - it's incredibly individual," says Clíodhna.
"It can be a very frustrating journey. I've had excellent support
from friends and family and if I need something, I know I can ask. I
realise that if somebody does or says something that hurts my feelings, I
understand they're not doing it on purpose, they're just not aware."
For anyone in the early days of recovery from a stroke, Clíodhna says
reaching out to a support group is a brilliant way of connecting with
people who know what you're going through. She says it's also a good way
to get your confidence back.
"I think I was a kind enough person before the stroke but I'm an
awful lot kinder now. You never know what's going on in a person's life
and I'm more philosophical now. I wouldn't have chosen it [stroke], but
I've come out the better," she says.
Missing, missing, missing. Stroke survivors? What do these people know about recovering from a stroke? They only know of the status quo of full recovery after stroke rehab is only 10%. Which is a massive failure, why would they expect the existing professionals to know how to get off that dismal failure point?
PORTLAND, Maine, July 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- MedRhythms, a Portland, Maine-based
digital therapeutics company, today announced the addition of a Stroke
Scientific Advisory Board. The company is developing digital
therapeutics, which use sensors, software, and music to support gait
rehabilitation in adults suffering from neurologic injuries or diseases.
Neuroscience principles and clinical research into the efficacy of
Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation underpin the science behind these
interventions. The company's first product will be focused on addressing
walking deficits in the post-stroke population.
MedRhythms is honored to welcome Dr. Lou Awad, Dr. Randi Black-Schaffer, and Dr. Magdy H. Selim
to its Stroke Scientific Advisory Board. Each brings a unique skill set
to the team and a history of significant research and contributions to
the field of stroke care and rehabilitation.
Dr. Magdy H. Selim, M.D., Ph.D. Vascular Neurologist; Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School;
Chief of the Division of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Disease, and
Director of the Comprehensive Stroke Center at Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center.
Dr. Randi Black-Schaffer, M.D. Physiatrist
specializing in Stroke Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation of Young
Adults after stroke; Medical Director of the Stroke Program at Spaulding
Rehabilitation Hospital; Director of the Spaulding Stroke Research and
Recovery Institute; Chief of the Division of Stroke and Neurology,
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School; fellow of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Diplomate of the Association of Academic Physiatrists.
Dr. Lou Awad, P.T., D.P.T., Ph.D. Director of Boston University's
Neuromotor Recovery Laboratory; Research Faculty Member of the
Spaulding Stroke Research and Recovery Institute; Assistant Professor of
Physical Therapy in Boston University's College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College; Associate Faculty Member of Harvard University's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering.
"Rhythm
is a compelling mechanism of action with exciting potential to make an
impact in neurorehabilitation. I look forward to working with
MedRhythms in this capacity to develop advanced therapeutics to help all
patients suffering from gait impairments," said Dr. Magdy Selim.
The
Scientific Advisory Board will strengthen MedRhythms' experience and
knowledge in the areas of stroke research and recovery prior to the
commercial launch of the company's first product for post-stroke walking
rehabilitation. Its establishment is part of MedRhythms' ongoing effort
to better serve stroke survivors by understanding their experiences,
interests, and needs more deeply. "MedRhythms is committed to helping
those suffering from stroke by building high-quality products based on a
foundation of neuroscience and rigorous clinical evidence. Teaming up
with these Key Opinion Leaders in stroke care and research will help us
fulfill this mission," said Brian Harris, Co-Founder and CEO of MedRhythms.
In
addition to the digital therapeutic for stroke, MedRhythms is regularly
evaluating new innovations, both through internal development and
strategic partnerships. These innovations fuel the Company's pipeline of
digital therapeutics for neurologic disease and injury.
About MedRhythms
MedRhythms, a privately held company headquartered in Portland, ME,
is a digital therapeutics company that uses sensors, music, and AI to
build evidence-based, neurologic interventions to measure and improve
walking. The MedRhythms team has extensive experience in rehabilitation
techniques that use music. The company began as a therapy services
company that launched out of Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, which
the US News & World Report named the No. 2 rehabilitation hospital in the country. To learn more, visit: www.medrhythms.com.
This is specifically what is wrong with Stroke associations. They should be requesting solutions to exactly defined stroke problems. None of this having researchers shoot in the dark. Maybe you want researchers to solve these problems in stroke, or this nihilism list.
In the 2020 Grant Round, Stroke Foundation’s Research Grants program
aims to further build capacity in the research community by offering
Early Career Researcher Seed Grants.
This round also aims to address a research gap in carer support by
allocating one of the four Seed grants available to this priority area.
Key dates for 2020 Research Grants
Grant applications open: Monday 1 July 2019
Grant applications close: 5pm AEST Friday 30 August 2019
Grants awarded: mid-December 2019
2020 Early Career Researcher Seed Grants
Four (4) Seed Grants in total of up to $50,000 per
grant available to early career researchers, addressing (at least) one
of the following Stroke Foundation 2020 Research Priority Areas. One (1) of the four Seed Grants is allocated to a Support for Carers project in the 2020 Round.
These grants are to conduct pilot or feasibility studies that will be
used to inform a larger nationally competitive grant submission (e.g.
NHMRC project grants).
2020 Research Priority Areas(These are way too general to be of any use.)
To improve access to and delivery of:
long term community support (e.g. continuity of care, health
services, and rehabilitation) with outcome measures beyond 6 months;
interventions for long term psychosocial recovery (i.e. recovery
of cognition, communication, and emotional and social wellbeing) with
outcome measures beyond 6 months;
health services and pathways of stroke management, including
proposals addressing implementation and change in practice (i.e.
translation into practice for acute stroke care studies);
support for the diverse needs of Carers.
To Apply
For information on how to apply, download the Stroke Foundation Research Grant Application Guide and read in full before completing the application form.
The Application Guide includes important information including
eligibility criteria, grant descriptions, application procedure and
FAQs.
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