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2. Stroke recovery - Wikipedia

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   The primary goals of stroke management are to reduce brain injury and promote maximum patient recovery. Rapid detection and appropriate emergency medical care are essential for optimizing health outcomes. [1] When available, patients are admitted to an acute stroke unit for treatment. These units specialize in providing medical and surgical ...

3. Sensory stimulation therapy - Wikipedia

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   Sensory stimulation therapy. Sensory stimulation therapy ( SST) is an experimental therapy that aims to use neural plasticity mechanisms to aid in the recovery of somatosensory function after stroke or cognitive ageing. Stroke and cognitive ageing are well known sources of cognitive loss, the former by neuronal death, the latter by weakening of ...

4. Locked-in syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Locked-in syndrome ( LIS ), also known as pseudocoma, is a condition in which a patient is aware but cannot move or communicate verbally due to complete paralysis of nearly all voluntary muscles in the body except for vertical eye movements and blinking. [3] The individual is conscious and sufficiently intact cognitively to be able to ...

5. Nearly 20 years after a stroke, a paralyzed woman is able to ...

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   It marks the first time speech and facial expressions have been captured from brain signals and communicated by an avatar that speaks with the patient’s ... Nearly 20 years after a stroke, a ...

6. He was given hours to live after stroke. 17 years later ...

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   Stroke is the 5th-leading cause of death in the U.S. and a leading cause of severe disability. On average, a person dies from stroke every 4 minutes. He was given hours to live after stroke. 17 ...

7. Bobath concept - Wikipedia

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   Specialty. neurological. [ edit on Wikidata] The Bobath concept is an approach to neurological rehabilitation that is applied in patient assessment and treatment (such as with adults after stroke [1] or children with cerebral palsy [2] ). The goal of applying the Bobath concept is to promote motor learning for efficient motor control in various ...

8. Transcortical motor aphasia - Wikipedia

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   Transcortical motor aphasia ( TMoA ), also known as commissural dysphasia or white matter dysphasia, results from damage in the anterior superior frontal lobe of the language-dominant hemisphere. This damage is typically due to cerebrovascular accident (CVA). TMoA is generally characterized by reduced speech output, which is a result of ...

9. Midline shift - Wikipedia

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   Midline shift (arrow) is present in this brain after a stroke (infarct depicted in shaded area). Midline shift is a shift of the brain past its center line. [1] The sign may be evident on neuroimaging such as CT scanning. [1] The sign is considered ominous because it is commonly associated with a distortion of the brain stem that can cause ...