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  • * Insomnia is common among depressed individuals and can severely impact daily life, making it hard for students to attend school or for working adults to be employed.
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In rehabilitation medicine, attention must be paid to the medication. Among them, antithrombotic drugs are used for the initial treatment and secondary prevention of stroke, so as a basic knowledge, the pharmacological actions, characteristics, indications, and precautions for the use of antithrombotic drugs should be known. Antithrombotic agents are divided into antiplatelet agents and anticoagulants, and the appropriate antithrombotic agent is selected according to the main disease or condition.

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Changes in stride regularity and joint motion during gait appear to be related to improved gait speed in hospitalized patients with stroke. We aimed to clarify the changes in stride regularity and joint motion during gait through longitudinal observations. Furthermore, we aimed to clarify the relationship between changes in gait speed, stride regularity, and joint motion during gait.

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Cilostazol is a drug that has both antiplatelet and vasodilatory effects. To examine the effects of cilostazol on cerebral blood flow and rehabilitation following stroke, cilostazol was administered to two patients with chronic atherothrombotic cerebral infarction. In both patients, cilostazol administration effectively increased cerebral blood flow and promoted rehabilitation.

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Effects of sodium bicarbonate bath on the quality of sleep: An assessor-blinded, randomized, controlled, pilot clinical trial.

Complement Ther Clin Pract

February 2023

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

Background: Sleep is fundamental to a healthy life, and sleep disorders are an important health issue in healthcare. Whole-body warm water bathing is a non-pharmacological, safe (non-invasive), and widely used method for comforting. Here, we explored the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of sodium bicarbonate bath (SBB) on sleep quality.

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Effect of Functional Electrical Stimulation of the Gluteus Medius during Gait in Patients following a Stroke.

Biomed Res Int

November 2020

Course of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima 890-8544, Japan.

Many stroke patients rely on cane or ankle-foot orthosis during gait rehabilitation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the immediate effect of functional electrical stimulation (FES) to the gluteus medius (GMed) and tibialis anterior (TA) on gait performance in stroke patients, including those who needed assistive devices. Fourteen stroke patients were enrolled in this study (mean poststroke duration: 194.

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