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- Title
Stroke Recovery--Moving in an EXCITE-ing Direction.
- Authors
Luft, Andreas R.; Hanley, Daniel F.
- Abstract
This article presents a study on stroke recovery. Strokes produce motor and cognitive impairment and high levels of disability in victims. Rehabilitation treatments are mostly based on empirical approaches rather than scientifically validated therapies. An assortment of poorly standardized and untested traditional treatments attempt to recondition spinal or muscular targets in an effort to improve motor control. The results of the EXCITE (Extremity Constraint Induced Therapy Evaluation) trial have contributed to a new understanding of how to approach disability in a stroke survivor. This trial has opened new avenues for clinical care, stroke recovery, rehabilitation and research, which is extremely significant for stroke survivors who hope to recover from brain injury.
- Subjects
CEREBROVASCULAR disease patients; BRAIN damage; COGNITIVE ability; BRAIN injuries; MOTOR ability; COGNITIVE development; REHABILITATION; MEDICAL rehabilitation; MOTOR learning; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2006, Vol 296, Issue 17, p2141
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.296.17.2141