Cerebral infarction in patients aged 15 to 40 years

Abstract

So, we made physical therapy in groups of three or more patients each, in 70 stroke patients all of them with middle cerebral artery infarct -50 walked and 20 did not walk in the beginning of treatment. The physical therapy in group was applied for three months. They all started treatment in acute phase of stroke.The results obtained after the physical therapy in group were analysed through both: 1 .The following measure tools: the Barthel Index, the Rivermead Mobility Index, the Canadian Neurological Scale, the Orgogozo Unifed Form for Neurological Stroke Scales, Motricity Index. 2.The notes about: the relative's participation in the rehabilitation program; both the patient's and the relative's understanding of the disease; the adherence to the clinical treatment and physical therapy; the patient's expectation of a good quality of life and the patient's interaction with both his family and society.The results suggest that this kind of treatment may be good for public health services. This therapy was not sufficient for those who did not walk, perhaps because of the short time of therapy. This mean that they were not adapted to the daily living activity after the threrapy. However, to most of the walking patients, the physical therapy in group was enough.

Cerebral infarct in children aged zero to fifteen years

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Doenças cerebrovasculares em pacientes entre 15 e 40 anos: achados neuropatológicos em 47 casos

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Stroke in Argentina

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