Fig. 10.1 (a) aSAH secondary to anterior communicating artery aneurysm rupture. Note the characteristic accumulation of blood in the basal cisterns. (b) CT angiography illustrates the anterior communicating artery aneurysm…
Fig. 4.1 Focus of interest is on the voxel-based lesion—symptom mapping on the stroke patients showing the relationship between brain lesions and pantomime performance. Configural-spatial errors were linked to lesions…
Measure Abbreviation Overview Time to administer Strengths Weaknesses Modified Rankin Scale mRS Degree of handicap is assigned on a scale depending on how severely affected activities of daily living are…
Tom A. Schweizer and R. Loch Macdonald (eds.)The Behavioral Consequences of Stroke201310.1007/978-1-4614-7672-6_13© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 13. Better Dead than Alive? Quality of Life After Stroke Thomas Schenk1 and Adam J. Noble2 (1) Department of Neurology,…
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Fig. 3.1 Patient 1 (a) T1-weighted MRI scan illustrating the lesion location (white arrow) in the right ventroposterolateral (VPL) nucleus, 3 months post-stroke. Image location is 5 mm above the…
Behavioral disordersa Cognitive disordersa Indicated by reliable informant using validated inventory Shown by validated performance index on normalized tests Significant changes compared to premorbid behavior Not attributable to developmental disorder…
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CHAPTER 41 Cumulative Trauma Disorder Stephen A. Ferrara, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, FAANP Cumulative trauma disorder (CTD) and repetitive strain injury are collective terms for a range of soft-tissue injuries…
