Effect of Underwater Exercise on Lower-Extremity Function and Quality of Life in Post-Stroke Patients: A Pilot Controlled Clinical Trial

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (8) ◽  
pp. 635-641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuji Matsumoto ◽  
Tomohiro Uema ◽  
Keiko Ikeda ◽  
Kodai Miyara ◽  
Tomofumi Nishi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Clinical Trial ◽  
Lower Extremity ◽  
Controlled Clinical Trial ◽  
Lower Extremity Function ◽  
Stroke Patients ◽  
Post Stroke ◽  
Extremity Function

Effectiveness of two home ergonomic programs in reducing pain and enhancing quality of life in informal caregivers of post-stroke patients: A pilot randomized controlled clinical trial

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 471-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Lucia de Araújo Freitas Moreira ◽  
Gracia María Ábalos-Medina ◽  
Carmen Villaverde-Gutiérrez ◽  
Neide María Gomes de Lucena ◽  
Anderson Belmont Correia de Oliveira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Clinical Trial ◽  
Informal Caregivers ◽  
Controlled Clinical Trial ◽  
Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial ◽  
Stroke Patients ◽  
Post Stroke ◽  
Randomized Controlled

A pilot study of lower extremity lymphedema, lower extremity function, and quality of life in women after minimally invasive endometrial cancer staging surgery

2019 ◽  
Vol 153 (2) ◽  
pp. 399-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine H. Watson ◽  
Micael Lopez-Acevedo ◽  
Gloria Broadwater ◽  
Amy H. Kim ◽  
Jessie Ehrisman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Endometrial Cancer ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
Lower Extremity ◽  
Cancer Staging ◽  
Lower Extremity Function ◽  
Extremity Function ◽  
Staging Surgery

scholarly journals A Novel Virtual Reality Training Strategy for Poststroke Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Naveed Anwar ◽  
Hossein Karimi ◽  
Ashfaq Ahmad ◽  
Nazia Mumtaz ◽  
Ghulam Saqulain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trial ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Lower Extremity ◽  
Randomized Clinical Trial ◽  
Virtual Reality Training ◽  
Lower Extremity Function ◽  
Stroke Patients ◽  
Extremity Function ◽  
Significant Difference

Stroke patients suffer impairments including sensory, motor, visual, and cognitive areas, as well as gait and balance manifestations making activities of daily living difficult. In such conditions, virtual reality training can be a potential rehabilitation tool in comparison to conventional physical therapy to cater to the burden of this disability; hence, this randomized clinical trial compared the effects of virtual reality training and conventional physical therapy on balance and lower extremity function in stroke patients. The sample of 68 poststroke participants from Kanaan Physical Therapy and Spine Clinic, Lahore, Pakistan, were divided into N = 34 cases each using the lottery method with one group given virtual reality training and the other received conventional physical therapy. Each group received 60 minutes intervention, 3 days per week for 6 weeks. The Berg balance scale and the Fugl-Meyer assessment-lower extremity scale were employed for data collection preintervention, immediate postintervention, and 6 weeks postintervention. The statistically significant differences between virtual reality and conventional physical therapy groups for the Berg Balance score ( p < 0.001 ), Fugl-Meyer assessment (FMA)-lower extremity domains of FMA-motor function ( p < 0.001 ), FMA-joint pain, and joint range ( p < 0.001 ); however, there is no significant difference p = 0.202 for time vs. group interaction and significant ( p < 0.001 ) for the time main effect for FMA sensation. Hence, virtual reality training is more effective to restore balance and lower extremity function compared to conventional physical therapy in stroke patients. The results of the study have significant implications for the clinicians with better case management enhancing quality of life of patients along with the dearth of local literature, thus providing base for future research from a developing country’s perspective.

KUALITAS HIDUP PASIEN STROKE DI POLIKLINIK RAWAT JALAN RUMAH SAKIT SWASTA YOGYAKARTA

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 232-237
Author(s):  
Hana Larasati ◽  
Theresia Titin Marlina
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Hemorrhagic Stroke ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Stroke Patients ◽  
Sampling System ◽  
Post Stroke ◽  
Psychological Dimension

Background: stroke is a disorder of nervous system function that occurs suddenly and is caused by brain bleeding disorders that can affect the quality of life physical dimensions, social dimensions, psychological dimensions, environmental dimensions. Based on the result of Lumbu study (2015) the number of samples were 71 people collected data using the (WHOQOL-BREF). There were 56 people (78,9%) had the poor quality of life of post stroke. The mean of post-stroke quality of life domain was physical domain (45,27%), psychological domain (49,87%), social relations domain (48,15%) and environmental domain (50.01%). Objective: the purpose of the study was know the quality of life of the stroke patients in Outpatient Polyclinic of Private Hospital in Yogyakarta. Methods: used descriptive quantitative by using questionnaire test of purposive sampling system based on patients who have been affected of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke before, number 30 respondents. Result: quality of life of stroke patient of medium physical dimension (67%), psychological dimension (71%), social dimension (67%), dimension good environment (63%). Conclusion: the quality of life of stroke patients of physical dimension, psychological dimension, and moderate social dimension, while the quality of life of stroke patients were good environmental dimension.   Keywords: Hemorrhagic stroke, ischemic stroke, quality of life

scholarly journals Identifying unmet needs in long-term stroke care using in-depth assessment and the Post-Stroke Checklist – The Managing Aftercare for Stroke (MAS-I) study

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Hotter ◽  
Inken Padberg ◽  
Andrea Liebenau ◽  
Petra Knispel ◽  
Sabine Heel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Caregiver Burden ◽  
Unmet Needs ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Interquartile Range ◽  
Stroke Patients ◽  
Post Stroke

Introduction Detailed data on the long-term consequences and treatment of stroke are scarce. We aimed to assess the needs and disease burden of community-dwelling stroke patients and their carers and to compare their treatment to evidence-based guidelines by a stroke neurologist. Methods We invited long-term stroke patients from two previous acute clinical studies ( n = 516) in Berlin, Germany to participate in an observational, cross-sectional study. Participants underwent a comprehensive interview and examination using the Post-Stroke Checklist and validated standard measures of: self-reported needs, quality of life, overall outcome, spasticity, pain, aphasia, cognition, depression, secondary prevention, social needs and caregiver burden. Results Fifty-seven participants (median initial National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score 10 interquartile range 4–12.75) consented to assessment (median 41 months (interquartile range 36–50) after stroke. Modified Rankin Scale was 2 (median; interquartile range 1–3), EuroQoL index value was 0.81 (median; interquartile range 0.70–1.00). The frequencies for disabilities in the major domains were: spasticity 35%; cognition 61%; depression 20%; medication non-compliance 14%. Spasticity ( p = 0.008) and social needs ( p < 0.001) had the strongest impact on quality of life. The corresponding items in the Post-Stroke Checklist were predictive for low mood ( p < 0.001), impaired cognition ( p = 0.015), social needs ( p = 0.005) and caregiver burden ( p = 0.031). In the comprehensive interview, we identified the following needs: medical review (30%), optimization of pharmacotherapy (18%), outpatient therapy (47%) and social work input (33%). Conclusion These results suggest significant unmet needs and gaps in health and social care in long-term stroke patients. Further research to develop a comprehensive model for managing stroke aftercare is warranted. Clinical Trial Registration: clinicaltrials.gov NCT02320994.

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