Sub-acute stroke demonstrates altered beta oscillation and connectivity pattern in working memory.

Introduction: Working memory (WM) is suggested to play a pivotal role in relearning and neural restoration during stroke rehabilitation. Using EEG, this study investigated the oscillatory mechanisms of WM in subacute stroke.

Methods: This study included 48 first subacute stroke patients (26 good-recovery, 22 poor-recovery, based on prognosis after a 4-week period) and 24 matched health controls.

Visual stimulation rehabilitation for cortical blindness after vertebral artery interventional surgery: A case report and literature review.

Introduction And Importance: Cortical blindness (CB) after vertebral artery interventional surgery is not a frequently reported complication. In this study, the efficacy of visual stimulation rehabilitation consisting of visual recovery training and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for cortical blindness was investigated by clinical evaluation, ophthalmologic examination, and electroencephalography (EEG).

Case Presentation: This study reports on a 55-year-old male who showed partial bilateral posterior cerebral artery cortical branch occlusion after timely embolectomy due to thrombus dislodgement during right vertebral artery opening, stenting resulting in basilar artery tip occlusion.

Long-Term Lower Limb Motor Function Correlates with Middle Cerebellar Peduncle Structural Integrity in Sub-Acute Stroke: A ROI-Based MRI Cohort Study.

Crossed cerebellar diaschisis (CCD) has been widely investigated in patients with supratentorial stroke. However, the role of CCD in lower limb recovery after stroke is still unknown. In this study, using a region-of-interest-based analysis of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), a total of 44 cases of stroke within 3 months onset were enrolled for assessment of the cerebral peduncle (CP) and middle cerebellar peduncles (MCP) in CCD.

Comparison of the efficacy and safety of sacral root magnetic stimulation with transcutaneous posterior tibial nerve stimulation in the treatment of neurogenic detrusor overactivity: an exploratory randomized controlled trial.

Background: Both repetitive sacral root magnetic stimulation (rSMS) and transcutaneous posterior tibial nerve stimulation (TTNS) have demonstrated clinical benefits for lower urinary tract dysfunction. However it still remains unclear that which method is more effective and safer to treat neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO).

Methods: From December 2020 to December 2021, 50 patients (31 men and 19 women, aged 47.

Early physical therapy for a patient affected by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on awake veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a case report.

Since December 8, 2019, an acute respiratory illness has spread rapidly in China, causing 3,097 people to die as of March 7, and it has become a global crisis. The common symptoms are fever, fatigue, dry cough, myalgia, and dyspnea. This case report presents a 36-year-old male who was diagnosed with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infected pneumonia on February 2, 2020.

Abnormal deviation in the measurement of residual urine volume using a portable ultrasound bladder scanner: a case report.

In addition to being suitable for the assessment of residual urine volume, the use of a portable bladder scanner can also assist medical staff in developing a reasonable urination plan. Portable scanners can help medical personnel to estimate the height and/or relaxation of the bladder neck for pelvic floor muscle training, assist in the efficacy evaluation of muscarinic antagonists in patients with neurogenic detrusor overactivity, and even determine whether the urine in the bladder of pediatric patients meets the criteria for catheterization to obtain urine samples. However, in the case described herein, we encountered abnormal deviation between the data measured by a portal bladder scanner and actual catheterization.

Exercise Programs for Muscle Mass, Muscle Strength and Physical Performance in Older Adults with Sarcopenia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Sarcopenia is an age-related condition that is characterized by progressive and generalized loss of muscle mass and function. Exercise treatment has been the most commonly used intervention among elderly populations. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the available literature related to the effects of exercise interventions/programs on muscle mass, muscle strength and physical performance in older adults with sarcopenia.