Use of Virtual Rehabilitation to Improve the Symmetry of Body Temperature, Balance, and Functionality of Patients with Stroke Sequelae.

Background: Stroke rehabilitation that is based on the patients' needs, experiences, and priorities requires extensive knowledge and skills to capture and integrate the perspectives of the subject.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to evaluate the acute effect of an occupational therapy protocol associated with virtual reality (VR) on the symmetry of body temperature (BTP), balance, and functionality of patients with stroke sequelae.

Methods: Ten patients (69.

Nutrition-dependent influence of peripheral electrical stimulation during brain development on cortical spreading depression in weaned rats.

As several other factors, nutritional deficiency and sensory input hyperactivation can influence the mammalian brain development. This work investigated the effects of repeated episodes of early peripheral electrostimulation (PE), associated or not with early malnutrition, on cortical spreading depression (CSD) propagation. From postnatal days 7-28, well-nourished and malnourished Wistar rat pups (whose mothers were fed a 23 and 8% protein diet, respectively) received daily sessions of repetitive PE (2 or 60 Hz-square-wave pulses, 1.