Neurorehabilitation is characterized by a structured, interdisciplinary collaboration among various professional fields, focused on achieving individualized participation goals for patients. This process considers the different levels of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF), specifically function, activity and participation. Multiple evidence-based treatment procedures targeting specific mechanisms of action are available for the rehabilitation of disorders associated with various diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Acquired brain injuries are among the most common causes of disability in adulthood. An intensive rehabilitation phase is crucial for recovery. However, there is a lack of concepts to further expand the therapeutic success after the standard rehabilitation period.
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August 2022
Background: Standard mirror therapy (MT) is a well-established therapy regime for severe arm paresis after acquired brain injury. Bilateral robot-assisted mirror therapy (RMT) could be a solution to provide visual and somatosensory feedback simultaneously.
Objective: The study compares the treatment effects of MT with a version of robot-assisted MT where the affected arm movement was delivered through a robotic glove (RMT).
About 85% of survivors of acute Wernicke's Encephalopathy (WE), a frequent and serious consequence of thiamine deficiency and alcohol misuse, sustain chronic neurocognitive deficits also known as chronic Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (WKS). If alcoholism is combined with smoking, tobacco alcohol optic neuropathy (TAON) may occur which leads to visual impairment. In contrast to WKS, TAON may be treated successfully by early vitamin substitution and detoxification.
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