New Studies on Stroke Care and Rehabilitation

A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Neurorehabilitation".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 April 2025 | Viewed by 673

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Department of Biomolecular Sciences, “Carlo Bo” University, Via Aurelio Saffi 2, 61029 Urbino, Italy
Interests: stroke; rehabilitation; biofeedback; brain injuries; neurology

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Department of Medical and Biotechnological Sciences, E-Campus University, 22060 Novedrate, CO, Italy
Interests: stroke; rehabilitation; biofeedback; brain injuries; neurology

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Dear Colleagues,

Brain injuries are the leading cause of disability in the world. They are divided into traumatic brain injuries and non-traumatic brain injuries, resulting from a closed injury to the head (stroke). 

Cerebral stroke is also the leading cause of disability worldwide. Over the years, in the field of neurological rehabilitation, various proposals for treatments have been developed aimed at restoring the motor skills of the lower limb. The recovery of a safer, faster, and more correct walk is an essential requirement to allow the patient to regain autonomy in normal activities of daily life. The accumulation of evidence regarding the phenomena of neuroplasticity and functional reorganization in the adult brain after brain damage has led to the study of ways and means to evoke, improve, and guide it in order to allow neuro-motor rehabilitation of patients who have suffered a stroke. Rehabilitation techniques based on the concept of motor learning, such as the use of advanced biofeedback considered, exploiting the physiological phenomena of intrinsic neuroplastic recovery, educate the patient to regain nervous control over the plegic limbs and to adapt to a specific environmental context in order to allow the restoration of a function as normal as possible.

Dr. Rosa Grazia Bellomo
Dr. Raoul Saggini
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Keywords

  • stroke
  • rehabilitation
  • neuro-motor rehabilitation
  • restoring the motor skills of the lower limb
  • biofeedback
  • brain injuries
  • neuroplasticity
  • neurology

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A Randomized Controlled Trial to Test the Effects of Repetitive Peripheral Magnetic Stimulation Versus Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation in Patients with Spastic Hemiparesis After Stroke (REPMAST): Study Protocol
by Kristin Loreen Pohl, Jens Müller, Katja Wittig-Böttger, Alexander Ritter and Farsin Hamzei
Brain Sci. 2024, 14(12), 1249; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14121249 - 12 Dec 2024
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Background/Objectives: Innovative therapies are needed to reduce disability, facilitate activities of daily living, and improve the quality of life in patients with stroke. Non-invasive methods of stimulating the peripheral and central nervous system are increasingly being used to enhance the effects of existing [...] Read more.
Background/Objectives: Innovative therapies are needed to reduce disability, facilitate activities of daily living, and improve the quality of life in patients with stroke. Non-invasive methods of stimulating the peripheral and central nervous system are increasingly being used to enhance the effects of existing therapies in stroke rehabilitation. One potentially relevant method for achieving greater improvement is repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation (rPMS). This randomized controlled trial (RCT), the Peripheral MAgnetic stimulation in patients with spastic hemiparesis after Stroke Trial (REPMAST), will investigate whether rPMS improves upper extremity function, spasticity, and activities of daily living in patients with stroke compared with neuromuscular stimulation (NMS). Methods: REPMAST is an interventional, randomized controlled single-blinded study. Patients with subacute stroke are randomized to receive rPMS or NMS five days a week for three weeks in addition to standard rehabilitation therapy. The primary outcome is the change in the Fugl–Meyer Assessment for Upper Extremity between the beginning and end of the stimulation sessions. Secondary outcomes include changes in the Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living, the Timed Up and Go Test, the Modified Ashworth Scale, and the Tardieu Scale. A total sample size of 138 patients (69 in each group) is required to investigate the superiority of rPMS compared with NMS. Conclusions: The aim of this RCT is to provide evidence for an effective peripheral stimulation treatment for stroke recovery. Full article
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