Surgical decompression for space-occupying cerebral infarction: Hamlet Trial
From Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Poland, two authors were aiming to assess the incidence and circumstances of falls among stroke patients in a rehabilitation ward, the frequency of fall-related fractures, the relationship between falls and rehabilitation outcomes, and risk factors for falls. ...Read more

Cerebral Infarcts and Cognitive Performance
The risk of cognitive impairment is still high after cerebral infarcts. The relevance of location and number of infarcts with respect to cognitive function is less clear.
The research team from the Netherlands studied the cross-sectional association between number and location of infarcts and cognitive performance in 4030 nondemented patients. Read more

Rehabilitation
 Effects of an Anterior Ankle-Foot Orthosis on Postural Stability in Stroke Patients with Hemiplegia.
 Retention of upper limb function in stroke survivors
The effects of Botulinum Toxin A (BTX-A) on plantarflexor spasticity...
Stroke patients' experiences of return to work.
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Guidelines >> PDF
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. 

Carotid Atheromatous Disease in Pakistan: Epidemiology of the risk factors for stroke is an important issue in planning for the future prevention strategy for cerebrovascular diseases.Read more...
Penumbral selection of patients for trials of acute stroke therapy: After ischaemic stroke onset, potentially viable (ie, penumbral) tissue might be salvageble for as long as 48 h.Read more...

Stroke books

&Measurement Scales Used in Elderly Care: by Dr Abhaya Gupta
&The Stroke Book: by Michel T. Torbey
&Stroke Medicine : by Martin M. Brown
&Textbook of Neural Repair and Rehabilitation  Publisher: Cambridge University Press
&Thrombolyic Therapy For Acute Stroke: second edition    Edited by: Patrick D. Lyden
&After a Stroke by Cleo Hutton, RN, Cleo Hutton
&Stroke Treatment and Prevention-An evidence based approach by Graeme J. Hankey
&Home care for the stroke patient: Living in a pattern  by Margaret Johanstone