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Exploring different models of stroke unit care and outcome : the Stroke Rehabilitation Outcome (SRO) study by Dennis, Diane

“…Introduction: Stroke is a significant cardiovascular event requiring sub-acute rehabilitation, best provided in a stroke unit (SU). These units include dedicated neurological SUs usually catering only for patients with stroke and more generic SUs existing within geriatric rehabilitation units (GRUs). …”
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Design for Improving Hospital Stroke Unit Processes: Reducing Complex Systems Failures Leading to Adverse Patient Outcomes by Love, Terence, Cooper, T.

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Guidelines for management of ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attack 2008 by Ringleb, Peter A., Bousser, Marie-Germaine, Ford, Gary, Bath, Philip M.W., Brainin, Michael, Caso, Valeria, Cervara, Álvaro, Chamorro, Angel, Walker, Marion F.

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Why do stroke survivors not receive recommended amounts of active therapy? Findings from the ReAcT study, a mixed-methods case-study evaluation in eight stroke units by Clarke, David, Burton, Louisa-Jane, Tyson, Sarah F., Rogers, Helen, Drummond, Avril E.R., Palmer, Rebecca, Hoffmann, Alex, Prescott, Matthew, Tyrrell, Pippa, Brkic, Lianne, Forster, Anne

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Are suspected stroke patients identified by paramedics transported to appropriate stroke centres in Victoria, Australia? by Bray, Janet, Coughlan, K., Mosley, I., Barger, B., Bladin, C.

“…Emergency medical services (EMS) are vital to ensuring acute stroke patients are transported to thrombolysis and/or stroke unit centres. This 6-month audit of Victorian EMS cases found the majority of suspected acute strokes are transported to appropriate stroke centres. …”
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A comparison of two approaches in the treatment of perceptual problems after stroke by Edmans, Judith Alison

“…However, these results may have been influenced by spontaneous recovery or the effects of the Stroke Unit.…”
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Management of acute intracerebral haemorrhage – an update by Law, Zhe Kang, Appleton, Jason P., Bath, Philip M.W., Sprigg, Nikola

“…Evidence shows that outcome can be improved with admission to an acute stroke unit and active care, including urgent reversal of anticoagulant effects and, potentially, intensive blood pressure reduction. …”
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Arm motor control as predictor for hypertonia after stroke: A prospective cohort study by De Jong, Lex, Hoonhorst, M., Stuive, I., Dijkstra, P.

“…Participants: Patients (N=50) with first-time ischemic strokes and initial arm paralysis who were admitted to a stroke unit. Interventions: Not applicable. Main Outcome Measures: At 48 hours, 10 to 12 days, 3 and 6 months poststroke, hypertonia and arm motor control were assessed using the Modified Ashworth Scale and the Fugl-Meyer Assessment arm score. …”
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An evaluation of domiciliary rehabilitation for stroke patients after discharge from hospital by Gladman, John R.F.

“…However, young stroke patients who had required considerable amounts of rehabilitation in a Stroke Unit, were best given further therapy at home rather than in out-patient departments, since it improved household and leisure abilities. …”
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Dressing after stroke by Walker, Marion Fraser

“…A series of 60 male and female stroke patients were assessed on their dressing abilities using the Nottingham Stroke Dressing Assessment on four occasions over their first 14 days after admission to the Nottingham Stroke Unit. During this time patients were also assessed on the Rivermead ADL scale, Rivermead Motor Function and other physical, perceptual and cognitive assessments. …”
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Can we improve the statistical analysis of stroke trials? Statistical reanalysis of functional outcomes in stroke trials by Optimising Analysis of Stroke Trials Collaboration, OAST

“…Methods—Individual patient data from acute, rehabilitation and stroke unit trials studying the effects of interventions which alter functional outcome were assessed. …”
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Can we improve the statistical analysis of stroke trials? Statistical re-analysis of functional outcomes in stroke trials by Bath, Philip M.W.

“…Methods: Individual patient data from acute, rehabilitation and stroke unit trials studying the effects of interventions which alter functional outcome were assessed. …”
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Virtual reality and stroke rehabilitation: a mixed reality simulation of an everyday task by Hilton, David

“…The system was installed on a hospital stroke unit and tested by patients, something that had previously not been achieved. …”
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Family-led rehabilitation after stroke in India: the ATTEND trial, study protocol for a randomized controlled trial by Alim, Mohammed, Lindley, Richard, Felix, Cynthia, Gandhi, Dorcas Beulah Chandramathy, Verma, Shweta Jain, Tugnawat, Deepak Kumar, Syrigapu, Anuradha, Anderson, Craig Stuart, Ramamurthy, Ramaprabhu Krishnappa, Langhorne, Peter, Murthy, Gudlavalleti Venkata Satyanarayana, Shamanna, Bindiganavale Ramaswamy, Hackett, Maree Lisa, Maulik, Pallab Kumar, Harvey, Lisa Anne, Jan, Stephen, Liu, Hueiming, Walker, Marion, Forster, Anne, Pandian, Jeyaraj Durai

“…Western models of stroke rehabilitation are often unaffordable in many populations but evidence from systematic reviews of stroke unit care and early supported discharge rehabilitation trials suggest that some components might form the basis of affordable interventions in low-resource settings. …”
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Can stroke specific vocational rehabilitation (SSVR) be delivered and measured?: feasibility RCT and economic analysis by Radford, Kathryn A., Grant, Mary, Sinclair, Emma, Terry, Jane, Sampson, Christopher James, Edwards, Claire, Walker, Marion F., Lincoln, Nadina, Drummond, Avril E.R., Phillips, Julie, Watkins, Louise, Rowley, Emma, Brain, Nicola, Guo, Boliang, Jarvis, M., Jenkinson, M.

“…Method: Previously employed stroke survivors (SS) aged ≥16 recruited from a stroke unit were randomised to receive SSVR or UC. Exclusion criteria: refusing consent; not intending to work, medical preclusion. …”
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ESCAPS study protocol: a feasibility randomised controlled trial of ‘Early electrical stimulation to the wrist extensors and wrist flexors to prevent the post-stroke complications... by Fletcher-Smith, Joanna C., Walker, Dawn-Marie, Sprigg, Nikola, James, Marilyn, Walker, Marion F., Allatt, Kate, Mehta, Rajnikant, Pandyan, Anand D.

“…Patients will be recruited from the Stroke Unit at the Nottingham University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Trust within 72 h after stroke. …”
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Stroke care trends during COVID-19 pandemic in Zanjan Province, Iran from the CASCADE initiative: statistical analysis plan and preliminary results by Ghoreishi, Abdoreza, Arsang-Jang, Shahram, Sabaa-Ayoun, Ziad, Yassi, Nawaf, Sylaja, P. N., Akbari, Yama, Divani, Afshin A., Biller, Jose, Phan, Thanh, Steinwender, Sandy, Silver, Brian, Zand, Ramin, Basri, Hamidon, Iqbal, Omer M., Ranta, Annemarei, Ruland, Sean, Macri, Elizabeth, Ma, Henry, Nguyen, Thanh N., Abootalebi, Shahram, Azarpazhooh, M. Reza

“…We did not see significant changes in admission rate to the stroke unit and in-hospital mortality rate; however, disability at discharge increased (p < 0.0001). …”
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The assessment and rehabilitation of post stroke dysphagia by Benfield, Jacqueline

“…Dysphagia Trained Nurses reported high regard for the role and gave useful insights into the challenges that arise in the busy acute stroke unit. Biofeedback in dysphagia rehabilitation Ongoing dysphagia can have detrimental effects on physical and mental health post stroke. …”
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The Practitioners View About the Influence of the Deregulation by Chong, Suit Fong

“…In the last 2 or 3 years (since Dec of 2007), as the financial crisis caused by mortgage loan and financial derivatives over-leveraging, credit default swaps and collateralized debt obligations stroke United States of America's economy down, it spread to every corner of the world within 6 months, till late of the year 2008, nearly all of the industrialized countries has been undergoing a recession. …”
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An Exploration into the Service Provision and Availability of Thrombolysis Treatment for Hyper-Acute Stroke in the NHS: A Critical Review by Beale, Emma

“…The hyper acute and holistic care received on specialist stroke units is considered by the majority of the research, to be of superior quality in comparison to a general ward. …”
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