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Introduction: Corpus callosum injury is a rare type of injury that occurs after a stroke and can cause lower limb dysfunction and a decrease in activities of daily living ability. Furthermore, there are no studies that focus on the progress in rehabilitation of the lower limb dysfunction caused by infarction in the corpus callosum and the effective treatment plans for this condition. We aimed to present a report of two patients with lower limb dysfunction caused by corpus callosum infarction after a stroke and a walking training method.

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Background And Objectives: Nutritional status is presumed essential for healthy longevity. The city of Rugao in Jiangsu province recognized as a long-lived area on the coastal plain of China, with a higher proportion of centenarians than Chinese elsewhere or in the world at large. The nutritional status and related factors of centenarians in Rugao, along with muscle mass and activities of daily living (ADL) have been documented with a view to improved nutritional and health approaches to healthy ageing.

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  • The study investigated whether visual deprivation could enhance motor function and daily living activities in two patients with Pusher syndrome and hemispatial neglect after a right basal ganglia stroke.
  • Both patients were assessed using various scales, showing immediate improvements in balance and walking ability when their left eye was patched, despite initially low scores.
  • After one week of treatment, both patients exhibited significant gains in motor function and daily activities, suggesting that visual deprivation could effectively aid rehabilitation for this condition.
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