Publications by authors named "Apoorva M Shankaranarayana"
Background: Activity monitoring is a necessary technique to ensure stroke survivors' activity levels in the hospital are within optimal levels as this is important for enhanced motor recovery. However, this could be time-consuming for healthcare professionals like physiotherapists. Activity monitoring by caregivers could be an alternate option.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To systematically summarize the evidence of strategies other than therapy to promote physical activity in hospital settings.
Methods: Studies testing the various strategies to promote the physical activity of stroke survivors in different hospital settings, including stroke units, hospitals and rehabilitation centres were included. Two independent reviewers screened, extracted data, and assessed the study quality.
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- Fatigue from neurological conditions significantly lowers quality of life, and this review looks at using transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as a potential treatment option.
- A comprehensive literature search identified various studies where tDCS was applied to manage fatigue in conditions like multiple sclerosis, stroke, and Parkinson's disease, with the majority showing positive results in reducing fatigue.
- While most studies reported improvements, common side effects included tingling, headaches, and itching, suggesting that while tDCS is promising, further exploration of its efficacy and safety is needed.
Background: Gait is considered to be the most important determinant of functional independence in activities of daily living. The challenges faced by stroke survivors in India differ from the western population due to economic, cultural, and geographical factors and this, in turn, may influence the choice of intervention. Hence, there is a need to understand the current gait training trends for stroke survivors in low resource settings like India.
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