Stroke of good luck for Port Macquarie.
Port Macquarie Base Hospital recently won a $350,000 NSW Health 2007 Rural Stroke Grant, which will fund the staff needed to establish an acute stroke unit. With plans to open in January, the unit will have four beds, specialising in acute stroke care and rehabilitation. ...

National Stroke Association Views Implantable RFID Microchip such as VeriMed as a Potential Life-Saving Medical Device.
DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In a letter to VeriChip Corporation, a subsidiary of Applied Digital Solutions , the National Stroke Association (NSA) has recognized that implantable RFID microchip technology offers the ability to improve stroke treatment by providing medical professionals with immediate access to vital health...

Acupuncture For Stroke Rehabilitation.
ACUPUNCTURE FOR STROKE REHABILITATION Three Decades of Information from China Hoy Ping Yee Chan Blue Poppy Press, softback, 176 pages, $29.95 Specialised books that focus on the treatment of one particular disorder are of immense benefit to practitioners since they can explore the condition in much greater...

National Stroke Association Supports Landmark Legislation To Improve Stroke Care Nationwide.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Aug. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- National Stroke Association (NSA) urges the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee to pass the Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act of 2001, S1274, today. The legislation will improve stroke care in America by providing resources for stroke education, research...

Revisiting constraint-induced movement therapy: are we too smitten with the mitten? Is all nonuse "learned"? and other quandaries.
In the past decade, several critical reviews of poststroke rehabilitation (1-4) have indicated that task-oriented interventions can induce more substantial functional improvements than neuromuscular reeducation approaches for which weighting of supportive evidence is sparse. One such approach is called "constraint-induced movement therapy" (CIMT), also called "CI therapy." ...

Efficacy of electromyographic biofeedback compared with conventional physical therapy for upper-extremity function in patients following stroke: a research overview and meta-analysis.
[Moreland J, Thomson MA Efficacy of electromyographic biofeedback compared with conventional physical therapy for upper-extremity function in patients following stroke a research overview and meta-analysis. Phys Ther 1994,74534-547.] Key Words: Cerebrovascular disorders; Electromyography, Feedback,. Meta-analysis, Upper extremity, general. Rehabilitation of the upper extremity in patients...

Historic Study Shows Almost Fifty Percent Reduction of Recurrent Stroke Risk.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Fifty million people worldwide have strokes or TIAs (mini-strokes) annually. A new study has revealed that over 500,000 of those incidents annually could be prevented by using a combination of perindopril (a high-blood pressure medication) and indapamide (a diuretic). ...

Historic Study Shows Almost Fifty Percent Reduction of Recurrent Stroke Risk.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Fifty million people worldwide have strokes or TIAs (mini-strokes) annually. A new study has revealed that over 500,000 of those incidents annually could be prevented by using a combination of perindopril (a high-blood pressure medication) and indapamide (a diuretic). ...

An Application of Upper-Extremity Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy in a Patient With Subacute Stroke.
Key Words: Constraint-induced movement therapy, Learned nonuse, Physical therapy, Rehabilitation, Stroke. Treatment of the upper extremity (UE) of people with hemiplegia continues to be a challenging and often frustrating experience for clinicians. Investigators in the Copenhagen Stroke Study noted that "recovery of UE function in more than...

The benefits and challenges of interdisciplinary, client-centred, goal setting in rehabilitation.
Abstract This article provides insights into the benefits and challenges of interdisciplinary, client-centred, goal setting in rehabilitation as drawn from both recent literature and the author's clinical experiences. The article first considers the support for goal setting in rehabilitation as demonstrated through national and international policies. It...