tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43975192657168411562024-02-21T08:20:51.241-08:00TherapyiRDMunihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09885805731977569538noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4397519265716841156.post-30342572997881384122012-03-08T16:05:00.000-08:002012-03-08T16:05:06.553-08:00Dementia, Stroke Risk Tied to Walking Speed, Grip Strength<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br />
Findings from an analysis of data from the Framingham Offspring Cohort revealed that walking speed and hand-grip strength in middle age correlated with the risk of stroke and dementia in later years. Participants in the Framingham study were the children of the subjects of long-range research regarding cardiovascular disease.<br />
A baseline walking speed that was slower than average was associated with a 50% increase in the likelihood of developing dementia. Grip strength was not a factor in stroke risk, but a high baseline grip strength went along with a 42% reduction in stroke risk for people 65 and older. The study will be presented in New Orleans in April at the annual American Academy of Neurology meeting.<br />
According to MedPage Today, lead author Erica C. Camargo, MD, PhD, of Boston Medical Center issued a statement saying, "These are basic office tests [that] can provide insight into the risk of dementia and stroke and can be easily performed by a neurologist or general practitioner. While frailty and lower physical performance in elderly people have been associated with an increased risk of dementia, we weren't sure until now how it impacted people of middle age."<br />
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Their study, although small, is one of the first to observe a benefit lasting at least two years in a group of stroke patients who used the machines, which are sometimes employed in conjunction with traditional physical therapy.<br />
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The new findings should help doctors target which stroke patients will benefit the most from the machines according to lead author Dr. Giovanni Morone, of the Santa Lucia Foundation in Rome.<br />
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"Robotic and electromechanical devices might play an important role, not for all patients, but for a selected kind of patients," said Morone in an email.<br />
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The new findings, published in the journal Stroke, are based on the same group of 48 patients the researchers reported on in September, in the journal Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, where they suggested stroke patients who were most severely affected by a stroke also gained the most from the machines after three months of therapy.....<a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-rt-us-stroke-robotstre80a1qj-20120111,0,615160.story">Next</a></div>iRDMunihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09885805731977569538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4397519265716841156.post-64134384858852205662011-09-26T18:30:00.000-07:002011-09-26T18:30:51.243-07:00The Effect of Music and Audiobook Listening on People Recovering From Stroke The Patient’s Point of View<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="section abstract" id="abstract-1"> <h2>Abstract</h2><div id="p-5">Recent experimental evidence suggests that musical activities can enhance motoric, cognitive, and emotional recovery after a stroke. The authors' aim was to gain more insight about the emotional and psychological factors underlying the therapeutic effects of listening to music after a stroke, by combining both qualitative and quantitative methods. Thirty-nine patients who had suffered a stroke were interviewed about their subjective experiences when listening, on a daily basis, to either self-selected music (n = 20) or audiobooks (n = 19) during the first 2 months after the stroke. Results showed that music listening was specifically associated with better relaxation, increased motor activity, and improved mood, whereas both music and audiobook listening provided refreshing stimulation and evoked thoughts and memories about the past. These results highlight the clinical importance of providing stimulating and pleasant leisure activities after a stroke and further encourage the use of music in stroke rehabilitation.....</div><div id="p-5"><a href="http://bit.ly/oXtowY"> http://bit.ly/oXtowY</a></div></div></div>iRDMunihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09885805731977569538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4397519265716841156.post-6388822109262215062011-09-25T15:14:00.000-07:002011-09-25T15:14:57.216-07:00Faith, family, friends aid White in stroke recovery effort<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="article_right"><div class="highlight-image"><div class="img"><img alt="Faith, family, friends help White in stroke recovry effort" src="http://www2.dothaneagle.com/mgmedia/image/294/0/293835/faith-family-friends-help-white-stroke-recovry-eff/" /></div></div><div class="note source-org vcard">Credit: ELAINE BRACKIN/POGRESS</div><div class="highlight-caption">Occupational therapist Angela Newton, left, and physical therapist Cassidy Carter, assist Sam White, a stroke victim, in demonstrating one the strengthening techniques they use during therapy at HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital to help him regain the use of his right arm. White undergoes out-patient therapy twice a week at the Dothan facility.</div><br />
</div><div class="article_info">By: <span class="author vcard"><a class="fn" href="http://www2.dothaneagle.com/staff/27098/" title="Profile - Elaine Brackin">Elaine Brackin</a></span> <br />
<span class="article_info_stamps published">Published: September 22, 2011</span> </div><div class="article_comments"><a href="http://www2.dothaneagle.com/news/2011/sep/22/faith-family-friends-aid-white-stroke-recovery-eff-ar-2448658/#fbcomments" title="View Comments">» <span class="fb_comments_count">0</span> Comments</a> <span class="divider">|</span> <a href="http://www2.dothaneagle.com/news/2011/sep/22/faith-family-friends-aid-white-stroke-recovery-eff-ar-2448658/#fbcomments" title="Post a Comment">Post a Comment</a> </div><span class="story_dateline">DOTHAN, Ala. --</span> <br />
<div class="BODYCOPY">Thursday, May 31, started out as any other day for <a class="topic_link" href="http://www2.dothaneagle.com/topics/types/position/tags/farmer/" title="Topic - Farmer">farmer</a> <a class="topic_link" href="http://www2.dothaneagle.com/topics/types/person/tags/sam-white/" title="Topic - Sam White">Sam White</a>. He had cattle and other chores to tend to keep his farm running smoothly. Shortly after he finished lunch, <a class="topic_link" href="http://www2.dothaneagle.com/topics/types/person/tags/sam-white/" title="Topic - Sam White">White</a> headed to the mailbox in front of his house to retrieve his mail. On his trip back to his house, <a class="topic_link" href="http://www2.dothaneagle.com/topics/types/person/tags/sam-white/" title="Topic - Sam White">White</a> received a phone call on his <a class="topic_link" href="http://www2.dothaneagle.com/topics/types/technology/tags/cellular-telephone/" title="Topic - Cellular Telephone">cell phone</a>. He completed the call just before a funny feeling came over <a class="topic_link" href="http://www2.dothaneagle.com/topics/types/person/tags/sam-white/" title="Topic - Sam White">him</a>. He only had a few steps to go to make it back into his house. He thought he could make it; he didn’t.</div><div class="BODYCOPY">“I had to grab a five-foot chain-link fence to keep from falling,” <a class="topic_link" href="http://www2.dothaneagle.com/topics/types/person/tags/sam-white/" title="Topic - Sam White">White</a>, 58, said as he recalled the events of that day in May. “I walked from the fence to the third doorstep and sat down. I started to go up to the next step, but I slipped down to the one below. That’s when I knew I really needed help.”.... </div><div class="BODYCOPY"><a href="http://bit.ly/qeoWUt">http://bit.ly/qeoWUt</a></div></div>iRDMunihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09885805731977569538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4397519265716841156.post-4845369868194354612011-09-22T19:06:00.000-07:002011-09-22T19:06:29.822-07:00Stimulating brain with electricity aids learning speed<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="caption"> <img alt="3D MRI image" height="299" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/55456000/jpg/_55456808_c0096784-healthy_brain_in_the_skull,_3d_mri_scan-spl.jpg" width="224" /> <span style="width: 224px;">The brain can change its structure in response to experience and practice</span> </div><div class="story-feature related narrow"> <a class="hidden" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14975165?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter#story_continues_1">Continue reading the main story</a> <h2>Related Stories</h2><ul class="related-links-list"><li><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12356184">Thinking caps and superbrains</a></li>
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</ul></div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1">Electrically stimulating the brain can help to speed up the process of learning, scientists have shown.</div>Applying a small current to specific parts of the brain can increase its activity, making learning easier. <br />
Researchers from the University of Oxford have studied the changing structure of the brain in stroke patients and in healthy adults.<br />
Prof Heidi Johansen-Berg presented their findings at <a href="http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/web/BritishScienceFestival/">the British Science Festival in Bradford</a>.<br />
The team at Oxford has been conducting research into how the structure of the brain changes in adulthood, and in particular what changes occur after a stroke.<br />
They have used an approach called functional MRI to monitor activity in the brain as stroke patients re-learn motor skills that were lost as a result of their illness. <br />
One of the major findings is that the brain is very flexible and can restructure itself, growing new connections and reassigning tasks to different areas, when damage occurs or a specific task is practised.<br />
As part of this research, they investigated the possibility of using non-invasive electric brain stimulation to improve the recovery of these motor skills; the short-term improvement in stroke patients had already been noted.<br />
But an unexpected result was found when the same brain stimulation was applied to healthy adults: their speed of learning was also significantly increased.<br />
<span class="cross-head">Increasing activity</span> To observe this effect, the team devised an experiment whereby volunteers memorised a sequence of buttons to press "like playing a tune on a piano". <br />
While they were doing this, they were fitted with a "trans-cranial current stimulation" device, in which two electrodes are placed in a specific position on the head.<br />
A very small current was passed between the electrodes in an arc through the brain and, depending on the direction of that current, either increased or decreased the activity of that part of the brain.<br />
Prof Johansen-Berg explained that "an increase in activity of the brain cells makes them more susceptible to the kinds of changes that occur during learning".<br />
<div class="caption"> <img alt="MRI scanner" height="299" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/55470000/jpg/_55470183_55470182.jpg" width="224" /> <span style="width: 224px;">The studies employ a variant of the same MRI scan used in hospitals</span> </div>The results of the button-pressing experiments showed the positive effects of just 10 minutes of the brain stimulation on learning, compared to a similar "placebo" setup in which the electrical stimulation was not used.<br />
"While the stimulation didn't improve the participant's best performance, the speed at which they reached their best was significantly increased," said Prof Johansen-Berg.<br />
Targeting the area of the brain that controls motor skills allows movement tasks to be learned more quickly, and the researchers envisage the technique could be used to help in the training of athletes.<br />
The experiments have explicitly shown that stimulating the motor cortex of the brain can increase the speed of learning motor skills. <br />
It is the hope of the researchers that the same method may be applied to other parts of the brain to improve educational learning, simply by positioning the electrodes in different locations so the current is focussed on the correct area.<br />
The relative simplicity, low price (around £2,000 per unit), and portability of the technology may mean that, following further research, a device could be designed to be automated for use at home. <br />
Looking to the future, Prof Johansen-Berg and her team plan to investigate the potential for increasing the effect, by stimulating daily over a period of weeks to months. <br />
In the treatment of stroke patients, the technique could be used in parallel with current physiotherapy treatments to improve overall outcomes, which tend to vary widely.<br />
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The tiny electric currents are believed to stimulate the re-growth of nerve connections in the brain that have been lost as a result of oxygen starvation caused by stroke, scientists said. The research supports the idea that the brain can to some extent repair itself by rewiring and reconnecting itself to bypass damaged areas, according to Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg of <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Oxford-University">Oxford University</a>. <br />
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"After a stroke, there is widespread damage to connecting fibres, far beyond the stroke itself. But with repeated practice, patients can increase activity in brain areas that have been disconnected," she told the British Science Festival...... http://bit.ly/quvrTv</span></div>iRDMunihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09885805731977569538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4397519265716841156.post-34756817942628726542011-04-17T18:35:00.000-07:002011-04-17T18:35:43.725-07:00Fighting back from stroke Exercising helps woman recover lost abilities<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">By Toya Graham, Fort Mill Times, S.C. April 07--FORT MILL TOWNSHIP -- Tonia Canzoneri wears three rubber bracelets on her wrist. A red bracelet that sits nearly perfectly atop an orange bracelet offers one word: Hope. <br />
"She gives everyone hope," says Sandy Strang, the owner of Curves in Fort Mill. <br />
That's because Canzoneri suffered a stroke eight years ago. The stroke impacted Canzoneri's right side, took away her ability to use her right hand and slurred her speech. Doctors offered the then six-week pregnant Canzoneri a grim report. <br />
"They told her she wouldn't walk again," Strang said. <br />
Canzoneri, whose Charlotte home is about four miles from Tega Cay, refuses to be a victim to her stroke. <br />
"You've got to fight," Canzoneri, 39, said. "You don't fight, your body is done. You hurt yourself." <br />
Canzoneri fights back by working out most weekdays. Most people work out to tone their muscles or lose weight. For Canzoneri, daily trips to Curves help continue rehabilitation and gain overall muscle strength<a href="http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/yb/157823368">.more read...</a></div>iRDMunihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09885805731977569538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4397519265716841156.post-3877753823599463582011-04-17T18:26:00.000-07:002011-04-17T18:26:36.954-07:00Video Games Help Stroke Victims Rehab Motor Functions<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">A new study has found promise in the use of gaming in stroke rehabilitation. With the assistance of motion gaming devices such as the Eye Toy and the Wii, motor function of stroke patients in rehab programs improved by an average of 20 percent. Arm strength increased by nearly 15 percent, with nearly five times the chance for improvement. For all the technical info on the study, head over to <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/651738.html" target="_blank">Bloomberg Businessweek</a>.<br />
"Stroke rehabilitation is rapidly evolving," said Lead Researcher Dr. Gustavo Saposnik, director of the Stroke Outcomes Research Unit at St. Michael's Hospital at the University of Toronto. "Novel approaches -- including the use of virtual reality [gaming] systems -- may help improve motor impairment, activities and social participation. Virtual reality may provide an affordable, enjoyable and effective alternative to intensify treatment and promote motor recovery after stroke."<br />
Conventional therapy provides only "modest and sometimes delayed effects" in treating the weakness, paralysis, balance and coordination difficulties that most stroke victims experience, according to Saposnik.<br />
Video gaming is custom-tailored to help remodel the brain through challenging, task-specific, motivating actions that are repeated enough to create the new neural connections needed to get back functionality after a brain injury.<br />
"Our study confirms the potential benefit of virtual reality in stroke rehabilitation identified in small studies," Saposnik said. "Further larger randomized trials are needed before changing practice. However, we are [going] in the right direction." <a href="http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/85468/video-games-help-stroke-victims-rehab-motor-functions/">more read...</a></div>iRDMunihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09885805731977569538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4397519265716841156.post-64578048468984625532011-04-17T18:23:00.000-07:002011-04-17T18:23:41.802-07:00Virtual Reality Tools May Aid Stroke Recovery<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h2>Virtual Reality Tools May Aid Stroke Recovery</h2><div class="subhead_fmt">Studies Show High-Tech Gadgets Help Stroke Patients Improve Their Motor Strength</div><div class="author_fmt"> By Brenda Goodman<br />
WebMD Health News</div><div class="reviewedBy_fmt"> Reviewed by <a href="http://www.webmd.com/martin-laura-j">Laura J. Martin, MD</a></div><div class="clearBoth_fmt clearing-div"> </div><div class="art_thumb"> <img alt="senior man playing video game" src="http://img.webmd.com/dtmcms/live/webmd/consumer_assets/site_images/articles/thumbnails_daily_images/2011/04_2011/69x75_virtual_reality_helps_stroke.jpg" /> </div>April 7, 2011 -- Physical therapy that makes use of high-tech gadgets like 3-D goggles, robotic gloves, and motion-tracking video game systems can help people regain strength and function in their upper arm after a <a href="http://www.webmd.com/stroke/default.htm">stroke</a>, a new research review shows.<br />
Pooling data from five studies, researchers found that people who participated in rehabilitation with virtual reality technologies after a stroke had a nearly fivefold greater chance of improving their motor strength compared to those who received conventional physical therapy.<br />
In general, the virtual therapies are designed specifically to aid stroke recovery. They include activities like playing virtual piano keys while wearing a robotic glove or swatting at virtual bugs while wearing 3D goggles.<a href="" id="_GoBack" name="_GoBack"></a><br />
“This technology gets people to work more and harder and be more creative,” says study researcher Mindy Levin, PhD, a professor in the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy at McGill University in Montreal. “And all of that taps into the <a href="http://www.webmd.com/brain/picture-of-the-brain">brain</a>’s plasticity and helps the brain change -- and that’s what we’re trying to do.” <a href="http://www.webmd.com/stroke/news/20110407/virtual-reality-tools-may-aid-stroke-recovery?src=RSS_PUBLIC">more read....</a></div>iRDMunihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09885805731977569538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4397519265716841156.post-59730250883636085142011-04-17T17:34:00.001-07:002011-04-17T20:27:16.222-07:00Advice On Stroke: Every Minute Courts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="article-rel-wrapper"><h2 class="contentheading">Advice On Stroke: Every Minute Courts </h2></div><div class="article-info-surround"><div class="article-info-surround2"><div class="buttonheading"><a href="http://www.brudirect.com/index.php/pdf/2011041044635/HYS-Topic-Of-the-Day/advice-on-stroke-every-minute-courts.pdf" rel="nofollow" title="PDF"> </a> </div><div class="articleinfo"><span class="createdby"> Written by Alan Waterman </span> <span class="createdate"> Monday, 11 April 2011 00:02 </span> </div></div></div><div class="tweetmebutton"><a class="addthis_button_expanded" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=4397519265716841156&postID=5973025088363608514" title="View more services">0</a><a class="atc_s addthis_button_compact" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=4397519265716841156&postID=5973025088363608514">Share</a> </div><div class="tweetmebutton"></div>Intensive and massed exercise practice has been proven to improve patient movement ability and the ability to do everyday living tasks.<br />
The HandTutor system employs virtual functional tasks.<br />
These are computer generated tasks or games that have been formulated to allow the therapist to customize which joint or combination of joint and which movement parameter will be exercised during the practice.<br />
In other words virtual functional tasks can be customized according to the patients movement ability.<br />
Therefore patients with very limited or no active movement ability can, through active assisted exercises, undertake intensive and massed movement practice. Similarly if the patient has better movement ability but still needs to work on pushing this ability to its limit the virtual tasks can be customized so that the patient needs to employ for example his maximum range of moveme <a href="http://ip-174-142-62-49.static.privatedns.com/index.php/2011041044635/HYS-Topic-Of-the-Day/advice-on-stroke-every-minute-courts.html">MORE READ....</a></div>iRDMunihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09885805731977569538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4397519265716841156.post-77417130628227055792011-03-05T17:09:00.000-08:002011-03-05T17:09:30.033-08:00Therapy online: Good as face to face?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <b>(CNN)</b> -- Your therapist's name is ELIZA, and she interacts with you through text on a computer screen. However embarrassing or difficult your problem may be, ELIZA will not hesitate to ask you a question about it, or respond graciously, "That is very interesting. Why do you say that?" <br />
<div class="cnnStoryPhotoBox"><div class="cnnImgChngr" id="cnnImgChngr"><img alt="Internet-based therapy may help people who wouldn't otherwise seek the help of a psychologist." border="0" height="219" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/HEALTH/08/31/online.internet.therapy.cbt/art.computer.couch.gi.jpg" width="292" /><div class="cnnStoryPhotoCaptionBox"><div class="cnn3pxTB9pxLRPad">Internet-based therapy may help people who wouldn't otherwise seek the help of a psychologist.</div></div><div class="cnnWireBoxFooter"><img alt="" height="4" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" width="4" /> </div></div></div>Computer-based therapy has come a long way since ELIZA, a 1960s computer program designed to emulate (and parody) a therapist. Today, with the Internet, people can use the instant message format to communicate with real therapists. <br />
A new study in The Lancet suggests that real-time chat therapy with a psychotherapist is successful in helping people with depression. <br />
Participants were randomly assigned to either receive online <a class="cnnInlineTopic" href="http://topics.cnn.com/topics/cognitive_science">cognitive</a> behavioral therapy in addition to usual physician care -- which may include antidepressant medication -- or to continue their usual care and be placed on a waiting list. The intervention consisted of up to 10 55-minute sessions, five of which were expected to be completed by the four-month follow-up. <br />
Of the 113 people who did online therapy, 38 percent recovered from depression after four months, compared with 24 percent of people in the control group. The benefits were maintained at eight months, with 42 percent of the online therapy group and 26 percent of the control group having recovered.<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/31/online.internet.therapy.cbt/index.html"><b><i><span style="color: red;">Read More...</span></i></b></a></div>iRDMunihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09885805731977569538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4397519265716841156.post-75982662036235844362010-08-21T15:38:00.000-07:002010-08-21T15:38:31.249-07:00Wii console could help stroke victims, say scientists<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_750147333" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJxvZYvNNxdXhxmA0nT9RWw_shKH8GsahzkktJf44BQ7eMP_hD-4Fwy_KVZNNM22Zlf2-cgXqA_csNjrm97JCn6cxlll2FB6gykBIeAiWza_zK2c8nD5P3v86nH6C7Zy4HkwpxJz5DVlhX/s320/mario.jpg" /></a></div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_750147333">Wii console could help stroke victims, say scientists -</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_750147333">Motion sensing technology, such as the Wii could be to help people with aphasia.</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_750147333">The condition is a language impairment, commonly caused by a stroke, that affects around 250,000 people in the UK. It is thought that technology such as the Wii will help people with this condition learn how to ‘gesture’ independently at home.</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_750147333">Gestures that can be readily interpreted by others are often advocated in aphasia treatment, but can be difficult for aphasic people to learn, because they have additional stroke-related disabilities, such as one sided paralysis. Gesturing can be improved through therapy, but one-to-one sessions can be costly and therapy resources are scarce.</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_750147333">Scientists at City University London are working with the Stroke Association and have been given £300k from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).They want to see if they can develop an affordable computer-based technology to help stroke survivors independently at home.</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.techeye.net/hardware/wii-console-could-help-stroke-victims-say-scientists">Jane Marshall, Professor of Aphasiology at City University London, said: "Computer-based treatments have been shown to improve verbal language skills in previous studies, but this is the first time that gestures will be addressed. With 45,000 new cases in the UK each year, we hope that our work will help a wider range of aphasic people to regain communication skills."...next</a>iRDMunihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09885805731977569538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4397519265716841156.post-24309234823466823882010-08-18T18:18:00.000-07:002010-08-18T18:18:25.627-07:00So, what happens,than, when formal therapy ends? Does recovery of speech also end?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRsTcucxSz8sYD9dbzp6anNEu-uEZd3gSrEBzB6Y6H9OhrwRHCiwNrTe_k3dDBThoGkS5GsWxNmcnFV28VaQJJpYkAkH_z3Ma4tNL9tV2NJaLHOX6Q98ontRjL4vj1y8QFgu7wPM3gZxaR/s1600/DSC04607.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRsTcucxSz8sYD9dbzp6anNEu-uEZd3gSrEBzB6Y6H9OhrwRHCiwNrTe_k3dDBThoGkS5GsWxNmcnFV28VaQJJpYkAkH_z3Ma4tNL9tV2NJaLHOX6Q98ontRjL4vj1y8QFgu7wPM3gZxaR/s320/DSC04607.JPG" /></a></div><h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://voiceaerobicsdvd.blogspot.com/2010/07/recovering-speech-after-strokehow-to.html">Recovering Speech After Stroke...How To Continue Practice When Therapy Ends..</a> </h3><div class="post-header"> </div><a href="http://voiceaerobicsdvd.blogspot.com/2010/07/recovering-speech-after-strokehow-to.html">Stroke remains a leading cause of death and disability in the United States and elsewhere. If there is speech and language loss (<strong><em>aphasia</em></strong>) due to the the stroke, speech therapy will often begin in the hospital, or within days of symptoms occurring. Speech therapy may be provided on a daily basis in the early weeks and months while an individual is participating in rehabilitation, with growing evidence that this early speech therapy treatment may take advantage of the brain's spontaneous healing process, helping with the recovery of injured areas.</a>iRDMunihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09885805731977569538noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4397519265716841156.post-16491214238905389882010-08-18T17:42:00.000-07:002010-08-18T17:42:51.753-07:00Home-Like Aphasia House Offers Innovative Therapy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1862501839" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYwj0w-IUC92koS7dM5X-J5cAKXHR9ZPFYljDqPkZcMY0sNPDJgeGXl_8ngd_ngGWSoAP1TWhApVs3DALcLlouwfsC_Q1WFOxC3wzYIN66p5Vfus7QKinAIHlefSzahA6-NQi-mWhK8Hr0/s1600/DSCN3252-300x225.jpg" /></a></div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1862501839">A new facility dedicated solely to innovative therapy for individuals with aphasia, or the loss of speech resulting from neurologic<span id="more-14402"></span> injury, has been established at the University of Central Florida with an anonymous $25,000 donation.</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1862501839">The Aphasia House provides speech-language therapy in a setting distinct from a typical medical office. Each room is outfitted to resemble a familiar space in a home, including a kitchen, garden patio and garage. The rooms are designed to encourage natural conversations. UCF graduate students studying communicaion sciences and disorders provide individualized and group therapy under the supervision of certified clinical faculty.</a><br />
<a href="http://today.ucf.edu/new-aphasia-house-offers-innovative-therapy-in-a-home-like-setting/">This is the only intensive program for persons with aphasia in the Central Florida area.....next</a>iRDMunihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09885805731977569538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4397519265716841156.post-26985950875804946442010-08-16T18:46:00.000-07:002010-08-16T18:46:00.646-07:00Communication Alternative Supporting Augmentative series<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_804459194">Communication in Our Lives</a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_804459194"> I received a book that I didn’t even order. The one I ordered is yellow and white ( 3th edition). THis isn’t the one I ordered; therefore, I need a refund.I sent the book back and I know the …</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.med.unc.edu/ahs/sphs/card/LIV%20Cards/liv-cards">* Allow direct communication with your client, family member, or friend with aphasia (or other language difficulties) about valued life activities..Next</a>iRDMunihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09885805731977569538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4397519265716841156.post-15065562871911804102009-12-05T09:04:00.000-08:002009-12-05T09:04:17.978-08:00Welcome to the first issue of Elderly Care Matters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJubGRHuZ-ULd6XDBwdk-4kS4LLlideWaVyeUsmyC-yFLKAlIHYrbazctRBHCmG7454mDuTeMyQEhxDfBuknaDe6kGwq3hszdax5A_iJU_SD7PSItTiCLOUjg9V3RFjVLnG1mHaQPIsMTi/s1600-h/robins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJubGRHuZ-ULd6XDBwdk-4kS4LLlideWaVyeUsmyC-yFLKAlIHYrbazctRBHCmG7454mDuTeMyQEhxDfBuknaDe6kGwq3hszdax5A_iJU_SD7PSItTiCLOUjg9V3RFjVLnG1mHaQPIsMTi/s320/robins.jpg" /></a><br />
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With the image display card and repetitively saying aloud the names of objects in the picture, the patient will be able to weak muscles and practice vocalization....NEXT....</a>iRDMunihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09885805731977569538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4397519265716841156.post-91172554311284687532009-09-26T13:20:00.000-07:002009-09-26T13:26:14.666-07:00E-mail Writing<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 9"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 9"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/ROBERT%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/msoclip1/01/clip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Wingdings; panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:2; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:0 268435456 0 0 -2147483648 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} p {margin-right:0in; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} /* List Definitions */ @list l0 {mso-list-id:1581282687; mso-list-type:hybrid; mso-list-template-ids:-1645036916 -10975720 -968488528 -25781288 1017133546 1356382504 -1542419138 797200880 -890626970 -233680984;} @list l0:level1 {mso-level-number-format:bullet; mso-level-text:; mso-level-tab-stop:.5in; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-.25in; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol;} ol {margin-bottom:0in;} ul {margin-bottom:0in;} --> </style> <p><a href="http://better-english-test.com/unit10/index.html">Read the email carefully and check out any vocabulary you don't know. <o:p></o:p></a></p> <p><a href="http://better-english-test.com/unit10/index.html"> <o:p></o:p></a></p> <a href="http://better-english-test.com/unit10/index.html"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dear Mr Avis,
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Joan Green specializes in using traditional therapy methods, a life participation approach and state-of-the-art technology to help people of all ages who have a wide range of communication and cognitive challenges.<br /><br /><br />Individual Speech Therapy - Intensive outpatient and residential individual therapy options are available<br /><br />Training Opportunities - In-person and online coaching and training for professionals and families to learn more about how to integrate technology into the rehabilitation and education process to improve communication, cognition and literacy<br /><br /><br />Click here to take a look at Joan Green's new resource guide.<br />Innovative Speech Therapy's Mission Statement: Next..............</a>iRDMunihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09885805731977569538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4397519265716841156.post-9992248286238061462009-09-25T16:50:00.000-07:002009-09-25T16:52:40.029-07:00Thank you for June C.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4q-lsZkQ9OVwWX62vLmVbZGfhCDyBoJBo4UcDL3T8uDUTTr3ksPTTSUIAy9SP4FiBJhOMBLsvsPMzIdRz0XGmMg4wu6PTtEMc7ZfjF1HUXOyxlOWldPIxyAZzSZG08LgrsntGJfSJ_lrl/s1600-h/.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4q-lsZkQ9OVwWX62vLmVbZGfhCDyBoJBo4UcDL3T8uDUTTr3ksPTTSUIAy9SP4FiBJhOMBLsvsPMzIdRz0XGmMg4wu6PTtEMc7ZfjF1HUXOyxlOWldPIxyAZzSZG08LgrsntGJfSJ_lrl/s320/.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385557051066911922" border="0" /></a><br /><br />B lood Clots/Stroke - They Now Have a Fourth Indicator, the Tongue<br /><br /><br />I will continue to forward this every time it comes around!<br /><br />STROKE:Remember the 1st Three Letters....S.T.R.<br /><br /><br />My nurse friend sent this and encouraged me to post it and spread the word.<br />I agree.<br /><br /><br />If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks.<br />Seriously..<br /><br /><br />Please read:<br />STROKE IDENTIFICATION:<br /><br /><br />During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) .she said she had just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes.<br /><br />They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food. While she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening<br /><br /><br />Ingrid's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00 pm Ingrid passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some don't die. they end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.<br /><br /><br />It only takes a minute to read this...<br /><br /><br />A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.<br /><br />RECOGNIZING A STROKE<br /><br />Thank God for the sense to remember the '3' steps, STR . Read and Learn!<br /><br />Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.<br /><br />Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:<br /><br />S *Ask the individual to SMILE.<br /><br />T *Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently)<br />(i.e.. It is sunny out today.)<br /><br />R *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.<br /><br />If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call emergency number immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.<br /><br />New Sign of a Stroke -------- Stick out Your Tongue<br />NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out his tongue.. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other, that is also an indication of a stroke.<br /><br />A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved.<br /><br />I have done my part. Will you?iRDMunihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09885805731977569538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4397519265716841156.post-43499972038538133752009-07-19T15:00:00.000-07:002009-07-19T15:03:27.385-07:00Coping with aphasia<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoZ12X-wv-6clB-IrjT_cfK8Q5rTjxtxXnL9r_sfTiTT7CDlU2qYRKVp0Zi1xRfHVpYwajqW2hzwrj1BIsuc2LEzjec3jSh79uhjYGtTaq-RDv1i5qH5uiTpDl-NG6OCHmebeNNz0khVCR/s1600-h/kl95rh-asphia2web.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 172px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoZ12X-wv-6clB-IrjT_cfK8Q5rTjxtxXnL9r_sfTiTT7CDlU2qYRKVp0Zi1xRfHVpYwajqW2hzwrj1BIsuc2LEzjec3jSh79uhjYGtTaq-RDv1i5qH5uiTpDl-NG6OCHmebeNNz0khVCR/s400/kl95rh-asphia2web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360295154918470546" /></a><br /><br />From Washington state to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota, Yuman Joseph Boze likes to travel.<br /><br />But his plans were put on hold after he suffered a stroke in March 2008.<br /><br />Now Boze has been diagnosed with aphasia, a disorder that affects people's communication skills.<br /><br />Corinna Atchly, a speech language pathologist with Yuma Rehab, said there are two types of aphasia: receptive and expressive.<br /><br />Receptive, she said, affects a patient's ability to understand and make sense of what he or she reads, hears or sees. Patients with expressive aphasia, she said, have difficulty verbalizing wants and needs, have trouble writing or making gestures. <a href="http://www.yumasun.com/articles/boze-50761-aphasia-patients.html">Next..</a>iRDMunihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09885805731977569538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4397519265716841156.post-61158714290193388292009-07-17T13:37:00.000-07:002009-07-17T13:38:32.069-07:00Easier word processing for someone with aphasiaJack Schofield, the technology expert at The Guardian was asked about alternatives to using Open Office's predictive text for someone who has acquired asphasia after having a stroke.<br /><br /> There are several programs that are designed for people with physical impairments or severe dyslexia that should be more useful than Open Office's predictive text or Microsoft Office's AutoComplete.<a href="http://adsetsinformationweblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/easier-word-processing-for-someone-with.html">NEXT...</a>iRDMunihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09885805731977569538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4397519265716841156.post-68754683305106179002009-07-17T12:13:00.000-07:002009-07-17T12:14:41.753-07:00Aphasia and text writing.Background: Good writing skills are needed in almost every aspect of life today, and there is a growing interest in research into acquired writing difficulties. Most of the findings reported so far, however, are based on words produced in isolation. The present study deals with the production of entire texts. Aims: The aim was to characterize written narratives produced by a group of participants with aphasia. Methods & Procedures: Eight persons aged 28-63 years with aphasia took part in the study. They were compared <a href="http://callierlibrary.wordpress.com/2009/07/14/aphasia-and-text-writing/">Next...</a>iRDMunihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09885805731977569538noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4397519265716841156.post-26357303420920071472009-04-29T13:52:00.000-07:002009-04-29T14:00:18.588-07:00Virtual therapist helps aphasia patients recover language<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg401oM97ozAV4bj9Y-9DUGc2Ms5X7YDUKDnGW4ohVPXrOr84D7hl0OIHgcC0kdPc8shs641xD5bld9uFzv-rLyvllPFet8UR-xLrqe1eSesIqbiJ11DbAzhjOsFqdbsFdhmYs_RmU3jIYh/s1600-h/ms+pat+Picture2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg401oM97ozAV4bj9Y-9DUGc2Ms5X7YDUKDnGW4ohVPXrOr84D7hl0OIHgcC0kdPc8shs641xD5bld9uFzv-rLyvllPFet8UR-xLrqe1eSesIqbiJ11DbAzhjOsFqdbsFdhmYs_RmU3jIYh/s400/ms+pat+Picture2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330220973246703762" border="0" /></a><a href="http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=118713"><br /></a><h3><a href="http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=118713"><em>by </em></a> <a title="ChiChi Madu" href="http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=118713">ChiChi Madu</a><a href="http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=118713"><br /><em>Feb 26, 2009</em></a></h3><a href="http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=118713"><br /><br /></a> <p><a href="http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=118713">Last summer Mercy Gilpatric, an elderly North Side woman, had a stroke that wiped out her language abilities. Now, with the help of a "virtual therapist," she is regaining her language, one sentence at a time.</a></p><p><a href="http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=118713">“It’s mind-boggling,” she said of the improvement she has made due to her training program. “The training has helped my reading so much.”</a></p><p><a href="http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=118713">Gilpatric has a condition known as aphasia, which affects more than one million Americans, said Leora Cherney, director of the Center for Aphasia Research at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.</a></p><p><a href="http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=118713">Cherney developed a computer program known as ORLA, short for Oral Reading for Language in Aphasia, to help these patients recover.</a></p><p><a href="http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=118713">ORLA features a virtual therapist known as "Ms. Pat," an avatar who guides patients through sentence reading exercises and asks patients to point to the words as they say them aloud....next...</a></p>iRDMunihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09885805731977569538noreply@blogger.com0