Returning
to work after stroke in younger adults:
It is important to explore the effects of stroke in the young population
on their ability to return back to work.
This study (Stroke. 2008;39:1526) aimed to determine the frequency and
determinants of return to work, in particular the effect of early
psychiatric morbidity, in a population-based study of stroke survivors.Read
more
The benefit of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in
pediatrics stroke Using the new technologies in stroke rehabilitation is still under
studied especially in stroke in children. The authors of this study
aimed to test whether contralesional, inhibitory repetitive transcranial
magnetic stimulation (rTMS) could affect interhemispheric inhibition to
improve hand function in chronic subcortical paediatric acute ischaemic
stroke (AIS). Read
more
Risk
of stroke in TIA patients with intracranial artery stenosis
More and more studies are
published at present regarding the risk of stroke following a TIA. The
most recent study which is published in Arch Neurol.2008; 65 (6):
733-737 was a cohort one with objectives to quantify the early risk of
ischaemic stroke in the territory of a stenotic intracranial artery
after TIA. The other aim of the study is to identify clinical and
imaging features associated with increased risk of stroke in the
territory among patients with TIA. ...Read
more
ESC
16th May 2008
Establishment of a European stroke network
In an international press conference, it was annonuced on the third day
of the 17th European stroke conference (15th May 08) that the European
Commission will invest more than 21 million euros to support central
research into strokes for a period of five years. Read
more...
Posted by Dr. Amer Jafar at the Conference on 16th May 08
Guidelines
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National Clinical Guideline for Stroke and TIA 2008:The Royal College of
Physicians, London, UK has published recently the 3rd edition of the
National Clinical Guideline for Stroke. The first edition was published
in 2000, followed by the second edition in 2004. This guideline covers
interventions in the acute stage of a stroke or transient ischaemic
attack (TIA). Most of the evidence considered related to interventions
in the first 48 hours after onset of symptoms, although some
interventions of up to two weeks are covered as well. Atrial
Fibrillation Physiotherapy
Concise Guide for Stroke.
Stroke UpdateNewsletterJune 2008 The
June
2008 issue
of the Stroke update Newsletter is now available to read online. Each
online issue will be archived
for future reference.
Alternatively, you may download the
PDF version for
off-line reading
February 2008
