Title: Role of Neuroplosticity in Functional Recovery After Stroke
Abstract: Abstract Clinical stroke is frequently characterized by hemiparesis immediately after the ischemic event and by substantial functional recovery over the ensuing weeks to months. While the most dramatic recovery occurs within the first 30 days after stroke, in many cases of severe stroke recovery can be protracted, reaching a plateau at 6 months or more after injury (Duncan & Lai, 1997; Wade et al., 1985). In these cases, recovery is usually more limited, and chronic impairments are common. The phenomenon of motor recovery after stroke, its underlying causes, and therapeutic techniques for modifying the extent and time course of recovery have been under intense investigation for well over a century. However, many of the most fundamental questions about motor recovery after stroke remain unanswered. While several studies have shown that stroke patients improve during rehabilitative therapy, for example, it has been much more difficult to demonstrate the efficacy of rehabilitation over and above what might be expected to occur spontaneously. Further, the superiority of one type of exercise program over others has not been adequately established.
Publication Year: 2000
Publication Date: 2000-07-20
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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