Brain power: advances in neurotechnology bring device community huge profit potential while helping to improve patients' quality of life.
Few things in life are as heartbreaking as watching a loved one deteriorate from a vibrant, active person into a shell of his or her former self. Anyone who has witnessed a person left incapacitated after a stroke or traumatic spinal cord injury, or ravaged by the deteriorating effects...

Participant perception of recovery as criterion to establish importance of improvement for constraint-induced movement therapy outcome measures: a preliminary study.
The number of people who have survived a stroke has almost doubled over the last 25 years (1,2) and is predicted to double again over the next 50 years. (3) Currently, stroke is the leading cause of disability in the United States (3) and costs the American public more...

Using constraint induced movement therapy as a home activity.
Strokes are the leading cause of disability in the United States (over 4 million people) with an estimated 750,000 people having strokes each year (William, 2001; National Stroke Association, 2003). The American Heart Association predicted an increase in patients who will have and survive a stroke due to the...

Northwest Hospital & Medical Center Stroke Program Awarded Joint Commission Certification and Gold Seal of Approval.
Recognition reflects compliance with the highest national standards for safety and quality of care SEATTLE, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwest Hospital & Medical Center today announced that its Stroke Program has been awarded Primary Stroke Center Certification and a Gold Seal of Approval(TM) for healthcare quality by...

Article titles in rehabilitation literature.
This section provides readers with a list of articles on rehabilitation topics that have been recently published in other journals. Articles are listed by the type of study. Outcomes/Effectiveness Active intervention in patients with whiplash-associated disorders improves long-term prognosis: a randomized controlled clinical trial. Rosenfeld...

Postural control in standing following stroke: test-retest reliability of some quantitative clinical tests.
Despite their importance to stroke rehabilitation, appropriate clinical tests of postural control in standing appear to be inadequately developed. Several quantitative clinical tests, therefore, were constructed These tests were used to measure functionally relevant aspects of postural control in standing in 24 stroke patients within a mean time internal...

ACUPUNCTURE: GETTING TO THE POINT.
Acupuncture's clinical effectiveness is attracting interest from mainstream medicine. Although practiced in China for thousands of years, acupuncture has become widely known in the West only since the 1970s. Since its emergence, an estimated 9 to 12 million Americans have turned to therapeutic acupuncture each year for...

The effect of recombinant activated factor VII in the treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage on health plan budgets.
Treating patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) using recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) has been found to improve survival and functional outcome. To examine how the introduction of rFVIIa 80 [micro]g/kg as a treatment for ICH affects the budget of a health plan, a decision-analysis model was developed which considered...

Computerized arm training improves the motor control of the severely affected arm after stroke: a single-blinded randomized trial in two centers.
Hesse, S, Werner, M A, Pohl, M, Rueckriem, S, Mehrholz, J, and Lingnau, ML (2005) Computerized arm training improves the motor control of the severely affected arm after stroke: A single-blinded randomized trial in two centres. Stroke. 36: 1960-1966. (Abstract prepared by WMM Levack) Study Design: Randomized...

Determinants of satisfaction with community reintegration in older adults with chronic stroke: role of balance self-efficacy.
Self-perceived participation in community activities represents an individual's perception of and satisfaction with her or his involvement in life situations. (1) Many people with stroke have a low level of satisfaction with community reintegration after they are discharged from the hospital and return to the community. (2,3) As many...