The ways that it can be used in order to help stroke patients. A major condition that physical therapist deal with are strokes‚ which therapist have recently learned about. In order to treat a stroke one must learn the causes‚ what a stroke is‚ how to prevent it‚ and how to treat it in order to help patients. Physical Therapists undergo an average of three years to get a Doctor of Physical Therapy after they receive their bachelor’s degree‚ while a stroke only takes a matter of seconds to happen. The
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Bibiana Tita October 21‚ 2014 English 124 Outline for Speech to Inform Stroke Introduction Attention Getter: John Tyler‚ Millard Fillmore‚ John Quincy‚ Andrew Johnson‚ Chester Arthur‚ Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford are all formal presidents of the United States who had suffered from Stroke. Credibility: My 29 years old sister suffered from a stroke 2 years ago. I was her primary care taker and majority of information used for her treatment came from Mayo Clinic. Benefits: Early action can
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Occupational Therapy: The Means to Stroke Recovery Prepared for: Occupational Therapy Students Prepared by: David Bush 12/09/12 Abstract: Early assessment by an occupational therapist ensures that goals are initiated during the acute stroke phase to prevent the development of secondary impairment. Early assessment also maximises the stroke victims recovery. Late occupational therapy intervention jeopardises a stroke victims potential maximum
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Evidence behind stroke rehabilitation Stroke is a common and serious condition for which there is no routinely available curative treatment. Because of the high burden of disability and the lack of a widely applicable medical treatment‚ much of post-stroke care relies upon rehabilitation interventions. This article will discuss the evidence behind stroke rehabilitation interventions. but before doing so we need to define some terminology. Rehabilitation has a rather non-specific definition: “a problem
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supported discharge An element of the national stroke strategy is the implementation of early supported discharge (ESD). ESD provides a greater proportion of rehabilitation in the community rather than in hospital. It is not suitable for everyone‚ but it is estimated that around 40% of patients could benefit from ESD. Research has shown that ESD is costeffective and can achieve better outcomes for patients‚ as well as relieving the demand on beds in stroke units. * Supporting community life
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wrap our hands around. Vectors are one of the two types that Flash uses for design‚ it use lines‚ curves‚ etc‚ using the strokes of the available tools. In this tools we find‚ the pen tool‚ line tool‚ shapes‚ pencil tool and brush tool. We use the pencil tool when we want to draw by our own‚ without straight lines or defined forms. We can also change the color of the stroke‚ the style and the diameter of the line. On the contrary‚ with the pen we can only draw two types of lines‚ curves and straight
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over America‚ but it needs to come to an end. Obesity can lead to many health problems. For example‚ type two diabetes can be caused from being overweight. Strokes and breast cancer are also possible health problems caused from being obese. Obesity in America needs to be dealt with because it could possibly lead to type two diabetes‚ strokes‚ or breast cancer. Diabetes is a disease where your body’s blood glucose level is increased. In adults twenty or older‚ one in every ten have diabetes. This
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Adults who Experience stroke before age 50 have higher risk of death over long-term. The article is from March 19‚ 2013‚ in the Medical News Today it examines a study done by the University Nijmegen Medical Centre in the Netherlands to find a long-term prognosis for adults whom suffered from a stroke between the ages of 18 to 50. Even though “the fatality rate from stroke has dropped by one third in the United States since the 1980s”‚ strokes are still one of the leading causes
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her stroke as thromblytic‚ embolic‚ or hemorrhagic (e.g questions to asses risk factors for each type of stroke)? The family should be asked the following: History of diabetes and hypertension? Is she a smoker? Any history of cardiac dysfunction and dysnhythmias (spelling on this?)? History hyperlipidemia? Anymore questions we can add? 2. Based on the scenario described above which hemisphere (Left or right) suffered the ischemic damage? What other manifestations of this stroke location
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Trisomy 21 is a congenital disorder when a person is born with an extra chromosome. Normally‚ a baby is born with 46 chromosomes; a Down syndrome baby has a total of 47 chromosomes. This extra chromosome changes the babies’ brain and body development‚ which may cause physical and mental delays and challenges for the baby. It is caused when an error occurs during cell division. This error is called nondisjunction normally‚ when one cell splits into two‚ the pairs of chromosome are separated so
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