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General Concepts: Therapies for Rehabilitation and Recovery

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Ischemic Stroke Therapeutics

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Stroke rehabilitation is critical to dealing with a growing burden of stroke-related disability. The most important prognostic factors predicting stroke recovery are stroke severity, age of the stroke survivor, and access to rehabilitation. Neuroplasticity with associated neurological recovery is an important concept which emphasizes the importance of stroke rehabilitation. Optimal rehabilitation outcomes are reported when rehabilitation takes place in specialized interdisciplinary stroke rehabilitation units, when rehab is initiated early and when therapy is of sufficient intensity. Outpatient rehabilitation therapy has been shown to further improve outcomes. In the future, stroke rehabilitation outcomes will improve even further through better adherence to clinical practice guidelines and the increasing use of new technologies. There is a developing evidence base supporting long-term rehabilitation management of stroke, a concept which in the past has received little in the way of resources or attention.

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Teasell, R., Hussein, N. (2016). General Concepts: Therapies for Rehabilitation and Recovery. In: Ovbiagele, B. (eds) Ischemic Stroke Therapeutics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17750-2_18

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