Visual-spatial training in patients with sub-acute stroke without neglect: a randomized, single-blind controlled trial.

Many people who have suffered a stroke will experience sensorimotor impairments that disrupt their performance of motor skills, including balance and gait. Furthermore, stroke-induced brain damage can Result in visual disorders that may significantly impact performance of normal daily activities. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the effects, on balance, of visual-spatial training as an add-on intervention to conventional neurorehabilitation in patients with subacute stroke without neglect; secondarily, it aimed to assess the effects of this training on activities of daily living.

Effects of scapulohumeral rehabilitation protocol on trunk control recovery in patients with subacute stroke: A pilot randomized controlled trial.

Background: Despite upper limb rehabilitation is widely investigated in patients with stroke, the effects of scapulohumeral rehabilitation on trunk stabillization are mainly unknown.

Objective: To test the effects of scapulohumeral rehabilitation protocol on trunk control recovery in patients with subacute stroke.

Methods: A pilot randomized controlled trial with two groups of 14 patients each one performing 20 minutes per day, 5 days a week, for 6 weeks in add on to standard therapy.

Cellular origin and induction of pregnancy-associated alpha 2-glycoprotein synthesis in pregnant rats.

The synthesis of alpha 2-PAG was measured and compared in tissues and cells from normal non-pregnant females, and maternal and fetal rats in vitro to define the target cells hormonally regulated during pregnancy. Synthesis was measured by [L-14C]leucine incorporation into immunochemically isolated alpha 2-PAG and confirmed by radioimmunodiffusion. alpha 2-PAG synthesis was demonstrated in maternal peripheral blood leucocytes, placenta, breast, spleen, liver and fetal peripheral blood leucocytes and liver.