Deans' stroke musings
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This blog is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. The blog contains my personal ideas on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research
Deans' stroke musings
5h ago
With an objective damage diagnosis and EXACT REHAB PROTOCOLS THAT GET YOU TO 100% RECOVERY informed consent is a no-brainer, so solve this problem the correct way;
Objective damage diagnosis
Exact 100% recovery protocols
Informed consent requires clear communication in acute ischemic stroke
Key takeaways:
Researchers conducted a literature review for informed consent with acute ischemic stroke.
Decisions should balance a patient’s wishes, decision of a surrogate and physicians’ knowledge of treatment options.
DENVER — In acute ischemic stroke requiring thrombolysis, informed co ..read more
Deans' stroke musings
7h ago
Anytime I see 'care' in any stroke press release I know the stroke medical world is not willing to disclose actual results because they are so fucking bad, it wouldn't look good, so misdirection is used. Don't fall for that misdirection! By touting 'care' they are not telling you about results or recovery which survivors want! Survivors don't care about door to needle time; you FUCKING BLITHERING IDIOTS; they want 100% recovery! why aren't you providing that?
Big fucking whoopee. But you tell us NOTHING ABOUT RESULTS. They remind us they 'care' about us multiple times but n ..read more
Deans' stroke musings
7h ago
Assessments are completely worthless unless they point directly to the 100% recovery protocols. I see nothing here that suggests you go from the assessment to the chosen 100% recovery protocol. When the hell will the stroke medical world do ANYTHING TO GET STROKE SOLVED? I'd have you all fired! A lot of dead wood needs to removed in stroke and until that occurs stroke will never be solved! Validity of an android device for assessing mobility in people with chronic stroke and hemiparesis: a cross-sectional study
M. Luz Sánchez-Sánchez,
Maria-Arantzazu Ruescas-Nicolau,
Anna Arnal-Gómez ..read more
Deans' stroke musings
10h ago
FYI. Your risk of dementia, has your doctor told you of this? Your doctor is responsible for preventing this! 1. A documented 33% dementia chance post-stroke from an Australian study? May 2012. 2. Then this study came out and seems to have a range from 17-66%. December 2013.` 3. A 20% chance in this research. July 2013. 4. Dementia Risk Doubled in Patients Following Stroke September 2018 The latest here: HIV Drugs May Reduce Alzheimer’s Risk
Summary: Common HIV drugs could reduce the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Uti ..read more
Deans' stroke musings
10h ago
Ask your competent? doctor EXACTLY HOW THIS WILL GET YOU RECOVERED! Because I see nothing useful.
Use of functional magnetic resonance imaging to identify cortical loci for lower limb movements and their efficacy for individuals after stroke
Minseok Choi,
Hyun-Chul Kim,
Inchan Youn,
Song Joo Lee &
Jong-Hwan Lee
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation volume 21, Article number: 58 (2024) Cite this article
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Background
Identification of cortical loci for lower limb movements for stroke rehabilitation is crucial for bette ..read more
The effects of genetic and modifiable risk factors on brain regions vulnerable to ageing and disease
Deans' stroke musings
23h ago
Well, I don't have diabetes or pre-diabetes and don't live anywhere close to air pollution. Alcohol is used to vastly increase my social participation which is going to prevent dementia, so there! Don't follow me.
The effects of genetic and modifiable risk factors on brain regions vulnerable to ageing and disease
Jordi Manuello,
Joosung Min,
Paul McCarthy,
Fidel Alfaro-Almagro,
Soojin Lee,
Stephen Smith,
Lloyd T. Elliott,
Anderson M. Winkler &
Gwenaëlle Douaud
Nature Communications volume 15, Article number:  ..read more
Deans' stroke musings
1d ago
If anything here helps survivors recover it is impossible to tell. I'd have the mentors and senior researchers on this fired for incompetency! Not even attempting to solve stroke or map this research to how survivors can get recovered!
Primary Motor Cortex in Stroke: A Functional MRI-Guided Proton MR Spectroscopic Study
Carmen M. Cirstea, MD, PhD; William M. Brooks, PhD; Sorin C. Craciunas, MD; Elena A. Popescu, PhD; In-Young Choi, PhD; Phil Lee, PhD; Ali Bani-Ahmed, BSc; Hung-Wen Yeh, PhD; Cary R. Savage, PhD; Leonardo G. Cohen, MD; Randolph J. Nudo, PhD
Background and Pur ..read more
Deans' stroke musings
1d ago
Assessments are completely worthless unless they point directly to the 100% recovery protocols. I see nothing here that suggests you go from the assessment to the chosen 100% recovery protocol. When the hell will the stroke medical world do ANYTHING TO GET STROKE SOLVED? I'd have you all fired! A lot of dead wood needs to removed in stroke and until that occurs stroke will never be solved! Validity of an android device for assessing mobility in people with chronic stroke and hemiparesis: a cross-sectional study
M. Luz Sánchez-Sánchez,
Maria-Arantzazu Ruescas-Nicolau,
Anna Arnal-Gómez ..read more
Deans' stroke musings
1d ago
Is your definition of effective anywhere close to 100% recovery? NO? Then you can't call it effective at all, can you? Don't you dare use the tyranny of low expectations to declare anything less than 100% recovery effective!
Does the Ischemic Core Really Matter? An Updated Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Large Core Trials After TESLA, TENSION, and LASTE
Mohammad AlMajali,
Mahmoud Dibas,
Malik Ghannam,
Milagros Galecio‐Castillo,
Abdullah Al Qudah,
Farid Khasiyev,
Juan Vivanco‐Suarez,
Aaron Rodriguez‐Calienes,
… See all authors
Originally published16 Apr 2024https://doi.org/10.1161/SVI ..read more
Deans' stroke musings
1d ago
Whoops, not for me. With my damaged brain already running with millions to billions less neurons I'll pass on more brain shrinkage. But I'm not medically trained so don't listen to me. From this article comes the following paragraphs:
YIKES! FDA Approves Lecanemab Against Alzheimer’s But there is a new and disturbing fly in the ointment. A study published in the journal Neurology (March 27, 2023) reveals that anti-amyloid drugs like lecanemab can cause brain shrinkage. The researchers call this accelerated “brain atrophy.” Such a reduction in brain volume is usually linked to worsening d ..read more