Amits PPP Neuro Rehabilitation in Stroke PDF
Amits PPP Neuro Rehabilitation in Stroke PDF
Amits PPP Neuro Rehabilitation in Stroke PDF
Amit Kumar
Neuro-Occupational Therapist
Neuro-rehabilitation
“A process whereby patients who suffer from impairment
following neurologic diseases regain their former abilities
or, if full recovery is not possible, achieve their optimum
physical, mental, social and vocational capacity.”
Ischemic = Clot
(makes up approximately
87% of all strokes)
Embolic Thrombotic
Hemorrhagic = Bleed
- Bleeding around brain
- Bleeding into brain
Facts
NEUROPLASTICITY
Behavioral Compensation:
- Response to damage and behavioral attempts to compensate
for effects of damage.
Functional Recovery :
-Response to a behavioral experience that enhances functional
outcomes and promotes functional reorganization.
Successful Rehabilitation
Depend on
- how early rehabilitation begins
- the extent of the brain injury
- the survivor’s attitude
- the rehabilitation team’s skill
- the cooperation of family and caregiver
What the basic science tells us
about the functional
reorganization of motor cortex:
• Wii Fit
Conventional Physical Therapy
Treadmill training with body weight support by a harness:
Therapeutic Exercises
• Brain Imagery/ Mental Practice
• Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic
Stimulation (rTMS)
• Tai-Chi exercises
• Acupuncture
• Yoga
• Robotic-Assisted Therapeutic Exercise
Recovery