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View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Critical Period After Stroke Study (CPASS) Upper Extremity Treatment Protocol.
Arch Rehabil Res Clin Transl
September 2023
Objective: To present the development of a novel upper extremity (UE) treatment and assess how it was delivered in the Critical Periods After Stroke Study (CPASS), a phase II randomized controlled trial (RCT).
Design: Secondary analysis of data from the RCT.
Setting: Inpatient and outpatient settings the first year after stroke.
Article Synopsis
- The study tested how well certain bacteria can break down oily sludge, which comes from oil spills or waste.
- The bacteria were different types, like Enterobacter and Bacillus, and they were chosen because they can eat hydrocarbons.
- The experiments showed that using a mix with 10% oily sludge worked best, cleaning up to 40.33% of the sludge in 90 days, and a special method called a slurry bioreactor even improved the cleanup to nearly 49% over time.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigated the effectiveness of machine learning in measuring real-world upper extremity (UE) use in stroke patients, comparing it with traditional video analysis to establish accuracy.
- Participants included 31 individuals with a history of stroke, who wore accelerometers and were recorded performing daily activities in a controlled setting, allowing researchers to assess the performance of a random forest classifier on the data.
- Results showed a strong correlation between machine learning use estimates and traditional assessment methods, confirming that this innovative approach is a valid and practical way to measure functional UE use in rehabilitation settings.