A simple orthosis solves a problem in a patient with a dystonic finger after stroke

Vercelli, Stefano; Ferriero, Giorgio; Bravini, Elisabetta; Yazeedi, Wafa Al; Salgovic, Ludovit; Caligari, Marco; Sartorio, Francesco

doi:10.1016/j.jht.2016.04.003

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“…The physical, social and psychological consequences arising from this condition are devastating—approximately 90% of survivors have some type of disability 7. Stroke has a direct impact on health systems, resulting in high costs, and is also considered a global public health problem due to serious disabilities, functional limitations and compromised quality of life (QoL) 8.…”

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Quality of life after stroke: impact of clinical and sociodemographic factors

Ramos-Lima

Brasileiro

Lima

et al. 2018

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OBJECTIVES:The aim of the study was to analyze the impact of ischemic stroke on health-related quality of life (QoL) and associate this event with individuals' clinical and sociodemographic characteristics.METHODS:We investigated the clinical and demographic aspects of stroke patients. The Modified Rankin Scale, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and the Stroke Specific Quality of Life Scale (SS-QoL) were used for correlation analysis.RESULTS:Among 131 patients with ischemic stroke, 53.4% of patients presented with moderate to severe disability on the Rankin Scale. According to the SS-QoL, several QoL domains were compromised. QoL was significantly negatively correlated with the values of the Rankin and NIHSS scales, indicating lower QoL among people with worse functional status and greater clinical severity of stroke (p<0.001). The use of orthosis and total anterior circulation infarct subtype of stroke led to a more marked reduction in QoL.CONCLUSION:The present study described an inversely proportional relationship between the severity of stroke, disability and QoL. The use of orthosis also had a negative impact on QoL. Early identification of these factors could promote better interventions for individuals with ischemic stroke, minimizing disabilities and improving QoL.

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“…Studies undertaken with stroke patients have demonstrated that stroke affects various domains of quality of life, compromising functionality 7,9,12. However, there are few studies focusing on this topic in Latin America.…”

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Quality of life after stroke: impact of clinical and sociodemographic factors

Ramos-Lima

Brasileiro

Lima

et al. 2018

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“…Hemorrhagic stroke can be further classified into two subtypes, comprising subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) (Felberg and Naidech, 2003). It is reported that around 90% of stroke survivors have different types of disability (Vercelli et al, 2017), which severely affects daily life for patients and results in high cost (Baumann et al, 2014). Most importantly, stroke is now considered a public health problem for society (Baumann et al, 2014).…”

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“…Several existing genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified many SNPs associated with stroke (Traylor et al, 2012;Malik et al, 2018) and AD Lambert et al, 2013). Accordingly, AD and ischemic stroke may share some genetic links.…”

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Stroke and Alzheimer’s Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study

Wang

et al. 2020

Front. Genet.

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Stroke and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are common neurological diseases. Several exiting studies indicated that late onset-AD and ischemic stroke have shared genetic links. Different kinds of stroke have different mechanisms. However, it remains unclear whether there is a causal relationship between different types of strokes, including any stroke (AS), any ischemic stroke (AIS), large-artery atherosclerotic stroke (LAS), and cardio-embolic stroke (CES), and AD. Herein, we conducted several Mendelian randomization (MR) studies to explore genetically causal link of different kinds of strokes and AD. The results for inverse-variance weighted (IVW) meta-analysis (β = −0.039, OR = 0.9618, and P-value = 0.750) and weighted median regression (WMR) (β = −0.156, OR = 0.8556, and P-value = 0.274) demonstrated that AS is not causally associated with AD risk. The result of MR-Egger regression (β = −1.312, P-value = 0.098) and intercept term (P-value = 0.105) illustrated no pleiotropy in this MR study. According to the results for IVW (P-value = 0.305, β = −0.103, and OR = 0.9021) and WMR (P-value = 0.487, β = −0.092, and OR = 0.9121) in the MR study between AIS and AD, there is no causal association between AIS and AD risk. In addition, the MR-Egger regression (P-value = 0.290 and β = −0.512) and intercept term (P-value = 0.387) showed no potential pleiotropy. LAS is not causally associated with AD risk according to the MR results

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“…Quality of life studies are crucial for evaluating the effect of stroke survivors' life on society. Literature reviews have shown that stroke affected various domains of quality of life, thereby affecting functionality [8] [9] [10]. However, most of the previous studies of QOL in stroke patients focused on physical, psychological, social, and cognitive function [11] [12] [13].…”

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Association between Clinical Characteristics and Quality of Life in Older People with Stroke at Hospital Discharge

Chaleoykitti¹,

Srithumsuk²,

Jaipong³

et al. 2020

AAR

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Objective: The number of people with stroke increases worldwide. The stroke survivors live with disabilities and those influence their quality of life (QOL). This study was aimed to investigate the association between clinical characteristics and QOL of the older people with stroke at discharge from the hospital. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. The participants were 113 stroke survivors aged 60 years and older admitted to the stroke unit. Quality of life was the study's outcome which measured by using the abbreviated version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF). Primary clinical characteristics were measured by the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), Barthel Index (BI), and Modified Rankin Scale (mRS). Potential confounding factors were age, sex, education levels, marital status, current occupation, and comorbidity (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, and heart disease). Multiple linear regression was used for data analysis. Results: The main effects of clinical outcomes were high BI Score that had a significant difference association with QOL (β = 0.312, 95% CI = 0.042, 0.296, P = 0.009), lower mRS score also had significant difference association with QOL (β = −0.371, 95%CI = −5.394, −1.162, P = 0.003) after all adjusting. Additional risk factor in this study was marital status (currently married) (β = 0.155, 95% CI = 0.226, 8.666, P = 0.039). Conclusion: Low function status and severe stroke disability as the clinical characteristics were associated with QOL in older people with stroke at hospital discharge. An additional factor was marital status (currently married).

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A simple orthosis solves a problem in a patient with a dystonic finger after stroke

Cited by 7 publications

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Quality of life after stroke: impact of clinical and sociodemographic factors

Quality of life after stroke: impact of clinical and sociodemographic factors

Stroke and Alzheimer’s Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study

Association between Clinical Characteristics and Quality of Life in Older People with Stroke at Hospital Discharge

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