The regional development and implementation of home-based stroke rehabilitation using participatory action research.

Purpose: This study aims to overcome the challenges experienced in the regional development and implementation of home-based stroke rehabilitation (HBSR) and to understand the change process needed.

Materials And Methods: Using participatory action research (PAR), participants and researchers collaboratively produced knowledge and took action to improve the offered HBSR. Different methods for data generation and analysis were used, depending on the aim of the PAR phase and the participants' stages of change.

Isolated Kratom Use Disorder Treated With Extended-Release Buprenorphine Taper.

This case report highlights a 36-year-old male without history of psychiatric disease, chronic pain, or substance use disorder who developed severe substance use disorder per Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , Fifth Edition criteria to kratom. He was successfully treated with sublingual buprenorphine after a 3-year period of intermittent withdrawal management and trials of oral and extended-release injectable naltrexone. After a period of abstinence from kratom, he was tapered from buprenorphine using 2 monthly injections of 100 mg extended-release buprenorphine.

The Use of the Voice Trainer App for Vocal Control in People with a Degenerative Ataxia: A Pilot Intervention Study.

Dysarthria is disabling in persons with degenerative ataxia. There is limited evidence for speech therapy interventions. In this pilot study, we used the Voice trainer app, which was originally developed for patients with Parkinson's disease, as a feedback tool for vocal control.

Muscle MRI in Patients With Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy: A Longitudinal Study.

Background And Objectives: Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is a rare progressive neuromuscular disease. MRI is one of the techniques that is used in neuromuscular disorders to evaluate muscle alterations. The aim of this study was to describe the pattern of fatty infiltration of orofacial and leg muscles using quantitative muscle MRI in a large national cohort and to determine whether MRI can be used as an imaging biomarker of disease progression in OPMD.

Implementation and Outcomes of an Empiric Ivermectin Strongyloides Treatment Protocol for Patients Receiving High-Dose Corticosteroids for Severe COVID-19.

Strongyloides stercoralis is a parasitic roundworm that is present worldwide and can cause lifelong, often asymptomatic, infection. Immunosuppression, particularly by corticosteroids, is a risk factor for hyperinfection syndrome and disseminated strongyloidiasis-severe disease states that can lead to septic shock and death. Our institution implemented a strongyloidiasis screening and empiric ivermectin treatment protocol for inpatients receiving high-dose corticosteroids for severe COVID-19.