A new policy statement from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) warns that stroke survivors across the US face steep barriers to rehabilitation, including insurance ...
A patient’s ability to obtain timely and adequate access to rehabilitation services after a stroke is often dictated by racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic issues rather than their own needs ...
Stroke is a major cause of long-term disability, and recovery varies substantially across motor, cognitive, communication, and activities-of-daily-living domains, making continuous assessment and ...
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. live through a stroke. Survivors may face challenges with walking, eating, speaking and other essential parts of life. Rehabilitation helps with ...
Many patients don't receive much rehabilitation therapy following a stroke, despite strong evidence that higher amounts can reduce long-term disability, according to a new UCLA-led study that tracked ...
A Conclusion That Defies Conventional Wisdom■ Common Assumptions in Clinical Practice (Conventional Wisdom) "The blood ...
Acute seizures occurring after pediatric ischemic stroke are strongly associated with an increased risk for subsequent poststroke epilepsy.
DALLAS, Feb. 2, 2023 — Mexican American stroke survivors in a South Texas study, were more likely to use less intensive forms of rehabilitation services than their non-Hispanic white peers, and nearly ...
Honolulu (KHON2) – At REHAB Hospital of the Pacific, the only acute-care rehabilitation hospital in Hawaii, the focus is on helping those affected by strokes regain their quality of life. Stroke is ...