Sentences with phrase «disabilities after stroke»
Dr. Barrett is an expert in hidden cognitive disabilities after stroke, which contributes to safety problems & rehospitalization, increased caregiver burden, & poor hospital - to - home transition.
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Cognitive research emphasizes hidden disabilities after stroke, including disabilities of functional vision (spatial bias and spatial neglect) and reading deficits.
Dr. Barrett is an expert in hidden cognitive disabilities after stroke, which contribute to safety problems & rehospitalization, increased caregiver burden, & poor hospital - to - home transition.
She is an expert in hidden cognitive disabilities after stroke.
Research studies span all domains of post-stroke cognitive dysfunction, but emphasize hidden disabilities after stroke, including hidden disabilities of functional vision (spatial bias and spatial neglect).
A new study in animals shows that using a compound to block the body's immune response greatly reduces disability after a stroke.
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Researchers from the University of Houston have shown for the first time that the use of a brain - computer interface augmented with a virtual walking avatar can control gait, suggesting the protocol may help patients recover the ability to walk after stroke, some spinal cord injuries and certain other gait disabilities.
Analysis of data from nine randomised trials involving 6756 patients (1729 older than 80 years of age) showed that alteplase treatment significantly increased the odds of a good stroke outcome (no significant disability 3 - 6 months after stroke), with faster treatment offering the best chance of recovery.
If we are able to prevent pericytes from dying, it should help restore blood flow in the brain to normal and prevent the ongoing slow damage we see after a stroke which causes so much neurological disability in our patients.»
The Stoke Oxygen Study looked at whether or not giving patients oxygen soon after their stroke could prevent further brain damage and reduce the risk of disability or even death.
After suffering a stroke, about three - fourths of patients exhibit some disability.
What the NINDS study showed, Genentech spokesperson Krysta Pellegrino says, is that «patients were at least 30 percent more likely to have a decrease in stroke - related disability three months after treatment compared with placebo.»
After an ischemic stroke, caused by a blood clot in the brain, 36.5 percent had functional disability and 14.6 were unable to live independently.
After a hemorrhagic stroke, caused by a brain bleed, 49.3 percent had functional disability and 18.2 percent didn't have the skills for independent living.
«With a rapidly ageing society, an increasing number of elderly people require care after suffering from stroke, and other - age related disabilities.
The three - year grant will advance the Foundation's stroke rehabilitation research in the diagnosis and treatment of spatial neglect, a hidden disability that complicates recovery after right brain stroke.
The $ 80,000 Distinguished Award funds her research on interventions to improve rehabilitation outcomes for people with spatial neglect, a hidden disability that complicates recovery after stroke.
«Patients treated with this new approach have a 60 percent higher likelihood of having a better functional outcome 90 days after stroke with no or only minimal neurological symptoms without disability,» Thomalla said.
Unlike disability insurance, which protects your income to age 65 and generally kicks in after 90 days of disability, critical illness insurance pays out a lump sum in the event of critical illnesses such as cancer, a stroke or a heart attack.
In this heart surgery medical malpractice case (Dosanjh v. Leblanc and St. Paul's Hospital, 2011 BCSC 1660) the claimant alleges suffering a stroke resulted in permanent physical and cognitive disabilities after open heart surgery to repair a hole in his heart.