Factors influencing recovery of upper limb motor function during constraint-induced movement therapy for people with stroke.

Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the personal and clinical factors that can predict recovery of motor function in people with stroke.

Methods: Characteristics of the study participants such as age, sex, time since stroke and type of stroke, motor function, shoulder pain, amount and quality of use of the affected limb in the real world, wrist and elbow spasticity, handedness, central post-stroke pain and dose of massed practice were recorded. The data obtained were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple regression.

Vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of epilepsy: things to note on the protocols, the effects and the mechanisms of action.

Epilepsy is a chronic brain disorder that is characterized by repetitive un-triggered seizures that occur severally within 24 h or more. Non-pharmacological methods for the management of epilepsy were discussed. The non-pharmacological methods include the vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) which is subdivided into invasive and non-invasive techniques.

Predictors of high dose of massed practice following stroke.

Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the factors that affect patients' ability to carry out high dose of massed practice.

Methods: Patients with stroke were included in the study if they had no severe impairment in motor and cognitive functions. Dose of massed practice, motor function, perceived amount and quality of use of the arm in the real world, wrist and elbow flexors spasticity, dominant hand stroke, presence of shoulder pain, and central post-stroke pain were assessed on the first day.

Predictors of gross motor function and activities of daily living in children with cerebral palsy.

To determine the influence of selected impairment variables, spasticity, trunk control, upper limb function and selective motor control of the lower limb on gross motor function and activities of daily living in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Seventy children with CP, 40 boys and 30 girls, with age range between 11 and 156 months were recruited in this cross-sectional study. Data on spasticity, selective motor control of the lower limb, upper limb function and trunk control were assessed using modified Ashworth scale (MAS), selective motor control of the lower limb (SCALE), paediatric arm function test, trunk motor control assessment and GMFM88, respectively.

Perceived social support and social constraints in Hausa women stroke survivors: A cross-sectional study.

: Social factors modulating stroke outcomes are found to be culturally and gender inclined. We examined social support and social constraints in Hausa women stroke survivors.: To determine social support and social constraints in Hausa women after stroke.

Variation in Functional Independence among Stroke Survivors Having Fatigue and Depression.

Objective. This study evaluated variation in functional independence in activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) among individuals with poststroke fatigue (PSF) and poststroke depression (PSD). Methods.