[LIMB SHAKING: DESCRIPTION OF A CASE FROM A NURSING PERSPECTIVE].

Introduction: Limb shaking, which was described by MillerFisher in 1962, is characterized by involuntary, irregular, stereotyped a hemibody triggered by the contralateral hemisphere hypoperfusion. It is associated with an occlusion or stenosis preoclusive of the extracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) contralateral to the movements, and poor circulation contralateral. This causes ischemia resulting in typical clinical manifestations of stroke and these abnormal movements.

[Impact on quality of life in caregivers of stroke survivors].

Unlabelled: Stroke is the first cause of disability in adults. Often, the care falls on the family and can affect their quality of life.

Aim: To determine the health-related quality of life and the level of caregiver burden of a patient after a stroke.

[Detection of vascular risk factors and unknown atrial fibrillation in patients hospitalised in the stroke unit].

Introduction: Certain modifiable cerebrovascular risk factors, such as arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidaemia and atrial fibrillation, must be recognised and controlled if a decrease in the appearance of cerebrovascular diseases is to be achieved. On some occasions the presenting symptom of these risk factors may be a stroke.

Patients And Methods: A prospective observation-based study was conducted with a sample of patients who were admitted to the stroke unit of our hospital due to an acute cerebrovascular disease, namely transient ischaemic attack and ischaemic stroke, in order to determine the percentage of patients with previously undiagnosed arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidaemia and atrial fibrillation.

[Rehabilitation in stroke].

Stroke is one of the most common causes of death and disability in adults, it causes disability and participation restriction, depending on the location and size of the affected territory and cerebral vascular sequel, and the deficits will be different. Our objective is to improve the disability of patients to enable them to reintegrate fully into his personal life, work and social, and provide care and support to patients and their family. Therefore, it's important to establish a comprehensive care plan, individualized, and established early with a specific rehabilitation program continued, and with an intensity, duration and frequency adapted to the patient, to achieve functional goals raised.

[Evaluation of the instrumental activities of daily living following a stroke by means of the Lawton and Brody scale].

Introduction: The instrumental activities of daily living are activities that are somewhat more complex than basic activities of daily living, and being able to perform them allows a person to be independent within a community. They include housework, tasks involving mobility, managing the home and property; catching the bus; cooking meals and going shopping, among other things.

Aims: To evaluate these activities using the Lawton and Brody scale following an ischaemic stroke or intraparenchymatous haemorrhage and to analyse the factors that have an influence on the functional status at six months.

[A descriptive study of patients seen in a stroke unit in the Community of Extremadura].

Objectives: To describe the activity in the stroke unit (SU) of the Hospital de Caceres as well as the demographic characteristics and cardiovascular risk factors in our patients. To determine the patient's functional status at discharge.

Material And Methods: A descriptive study of 432 patients admitted consecutively in the SU of the Hospital de Caceres from October, 2008 to May, 2010 was carried out.