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Insights into Stroke Care

A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 July 2020) | Viewed by 6014

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Dominique A. Cadilhac

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School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
Interests: stroke; cerebrovascular disease; program evaluation; improvement science; economic evaluation
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Stroke is a leading contributor to the burden of disease worldwide. Annually, stroke affects approximately 15 million people worldwide and is a major cause of disability. Although acute treatment interventions can reduce the impact of stroke, many are underutilised in practice and this represents an opportunity to intervene and prevent disability or deaths. Prevention interventions are also inconsistently applied and may be enhanced by use of e-health solutions. By making innovative changes to the health system to enable greater access to evidence-based care, the impact of stroke could be moderated.

This Special Issue seeks empirical and review papers related to any of these themes, and is not intended to be exclusive of other topics that may be relevant to improving stroke care in hospitals or the community. Developmental (early phase) or pilot projects for innovative programs to support recovery will also be considered.

Prof. Dr. Dominique Cadilhac
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Healthcare is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • stroke
  • quality of care
  • implementation research
  • prevention
  • hospitals
  • e-Health
  • rehabilitation
  • nursing
  • health outcomes

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11 pages, 1901 KiB  
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Immediate Effects of Ankle–Foot Orthosis Using Wire on Static Balance of Patients with Stroke with Foot Drop: A Cross-Over Study
by Jung-Hoon Lee, Im-Rak Choi and Hyun-Su Choi
Healthcare 2020, 8(2), 116; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8020116 - 28 Apr 2020
Cited by 11 | Viewed by 5608
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the immediate static balance effects of bare foot, UD-Flex ankle–foot orthosis (AFO), and AFO using wire (AOW) of patients with stroke with foot drop. Seventeen patients with stroke with foot drop (8 men and 9 [...] Read more.
The aim of this study was to investigate the immediate static balance effects of bare foot, UD-Flex ankle–foot orthosis (AFO), and AFO using wire (AOW) of patients with stroke with foot drop. Seventeen patients with stroke with foot drop (8 men and 9 women) were randomized to three conditions (bare foot, UD-Flex AFO, or AOW made with a flexible material). Static balance was assessed using the Zebris (Zebris GmbH, Isny, Germany) and BioRescue (RM Ingenierie, Rodez, France) pressure platform by a single examiner, who did not design the AOW. The order of testing with the equipment was random. The center of pressure path length (mm) measured using Zebris showed significant differences among the three conditions (bare foot, 484.47 ± 208.42; UD-Flex AFO, 414.59 ± 144.43; AOW, 318.29 ± 157.60) (p < 0.05). The bare-foot condition was not significantly different from the UD-Flex AFO condition (p > 0.05), but was significantly different from the AOW condition (p < 0.05). The surface area ellipse (mm2) measured using BioRescue showed significant differences among the three conditions (bare foot, 241.35 ± 153.76; UD-Flex AFO, 277.41 ± 381.83; AOW, 68.06 ± 48.98) (p < 0.05). The bare-foot condition was not significantly different from the UD-Flex AFO condition (p > 0.05), but the AOW condition was significantly different from the bare-foot (p < 0.05) and from the UD-Flex AFO conditions (p < 0.05). We suggest using the AOW made of flexible materials and wire instead of the UD-Flex AFO to improve immediate static balance of patients with stroke with foot drop after stroke. Further studies on the effects of dynamic balance and gait are required. Full article
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