Monitoring Neuro-Motor Recovery From Stroke With High-Resolution EEG, Robotics and Virtual Reality: A Proof of Concept.

A novel system for the neuro-motor rehabilitation of upper limbs was validated in three sub-acute post-stroke patients. The system permits synchronized cortical and kinematic measures by integrating high-resolution EEG, passive robotic device and Virtual Reality. The brain functional re-organization was monitored in association with motor patterns replicating activities of daily living (ADL).

Recovery mechanisms are stronger than expected.

The study was aimed at identifying recovery possibility in elderly patients suffering from a first ever stroke and admitted to rehabilitation with concomitant high disability. From 1998 to 1999 one hundred elderly patients were entered consecutively into this study. Disability was measured by functional independence measure (FIM).

Gait in stabilized hemiplegic outpatients in rehabilitation.

Purpose: Hemiplegic patients generally expect an improvement of their gait even at 1 year after stroke. This open and prospective study was addressed to detect even subtle changes in gait characteristics in stabilized patients in rehabilitation treatment by using an opto-electronic system of analysis (ELITE).

Methods: Forty-two hemiplegic patients were entered on this study, and mean age was 63.

Evaluation of sexual changes after stroke.

Background: Sexual difficulties may arise after stroke. This study was aimed at evaluating and quantifying sexual changes 1 year after stroke.

Method: Sixty-eight stroke patients, consecutively admitted to our rehabilitation unit, were enrolled in the study.

On the prognosis of outcome after stroke.

Objectives: The study was aimed at improving the accuracy of prognosis for recovery of function in patients suffering a first stroke.

Materials And Methods: Two-hundred and forty-eight patients were enrolled. The mean interval since the stroke was 23 days.