Active clinical trials for "Stroke"

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) affects millions of people in the United States; each year, more people die from CVD than from any other disease. Individuals with low levels of n-3 fatty acids and high levels of trans-fatty acids may have an increased risk of developing CVD. This study will evaluate the link between fatty acids and the presence of CVD in older adults.

To conduct a large-scale demonstration and education project designed to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of long-term community health education directed toward lowering cardiovascular disease risk, morbidity, and mortality. Targeted risk factors included general lifestyle, smoking, blood pressure, nutrition and weight, and exercise. The program was evaluated by biennial cross-sectional independent surveys, longitudinal studies, and morbidity and mortality surveillance.

To conduct a large-scale community-based demonstration and education research project designed to evaluate the effectiveness of multiple educational strategies on risk factor reduction and the primary prevention of population-wide cardiovascular diseases in three intervention communities compared with three control communities. The program was evaluated by cross-sectional surveys, a longitudinal survey, and morbidity and mortality surveillance.

This is ROM trail study. Data collected from Rabbani Hospital Lahore . in this study total two groups included control and experimental and sample size was 48 and 24 persons divided in each groups as well. Informed consent was taken from the recruited subjects. Two scales BBS and TIS used to measure the outcomes. Data analyse by ssps V21.0 with a significant level of p valued 0.05. Results were in the favour of experimental group.

Dosage of rehabilitation therapy is a key factor in promoting motor functional recovery after stroke. To date, what is not yet known are the clinical features (e.g. the neurological profile, clinical history, motor, language and cognitive abilities), which allow the clinician to predict the recovery potential of a patient before rehabilitation, based on both the initial assessment and the various treatment pathways available in the National Health System. For these reasons, the study aims to explore clinical features and potential effect of rehabilitation dose that could influence upper limb motor recovery

Aim of this study will be the evaluation (by ELISA quantification and quantitative RT-PCR) of circulating biomarkers of damage and regeneration in patients affected by ischemic stroke. The biomarker levels will be measured from the acute event (48h) and in subsequent 4 times (7 days, 30 days, 90 days, 180 days) following hospitalization, up to 6 months after the acute event. These data will then be correlated for all five times with the clinical scales normally used for patient evaluation and will also be associated with MRI-DTI measurements performed in the post-acute (30 days) and post-discharge (180 days) phase.

A long-term follow-up study of patients who acquired a stroke or traumatic brain injury (TBI) 5-15 years ago. Primary objective is to describe the interaction between measures of cognitive reserve and neuropsychological variables, psychological variables and healthcare usage in relation to outcome (i.e work return, satisfaction with life, psychological well-being and overall outcome) after stroke or traumatic brain injury. Secondary objectives are to describe differences in fatigue related to cognitive reserve after stroke or TBI and to describe differences in health-care usage related to cognitive reserve after stroke or TBI.

Periprocedural complications of trans catheter aortic valve implantation, and particularly the occurrence of stroke has a marked impact on survival and quality of life. The characteristics of periprocedural stroke complicating TAVI, and particularly of interventions aimed to treat stroke complicating TAVI have not been systematically described. We therefore aimed is to explore the incidence and characteristics of acute stroke complicating TAVI and to describe the safety and efficacy of emergent interventions to treat acute stroke complicating TAVI.

This is a randomized pilot trial to evaluate the impact of a customizable stroke education app (vs standard of care discharge education) on patient satisfaction and education retention. The impact of the intervention will be assessed 7, 30, and 90 days post-discharge.

For several years now, it has been demonstrated that the upper limb plays an important role in the function of an efficient and balanced gait pattern in healthy adults. After a stroke, the reduced muscle strength has a clear influence on the gait pattern, but also on the active movement possibilities of the upper limb. However, the role of the upper limb during gait is not sufficiently explored in the literature. The gold standard for motion analysis is a 3D analysis performed with infrared cameras capturing reflective markers during gait. Unfortunately, it is not possible for all people after a stroke to undergo this examination. On the one hand, patients must already have a certain degree of independence with regard to gait. On the other hand, not all centers have access to this expensive accommodation. There are some validated observation scales for people after stroke to describe the gait based on a 2D video image. This method is much more accessible and can be applied by any therapist. However, to date there has been little attention paid to the upper limb in these observation scales. Therefore, analogous to the observation scales for gait, an observation scale for the upper limb during gait was set up. The use of this scale can add value to the rehabilitation of people after a stroke. The treatment team will receive information about the patient's complete movement pattern. The arm will be more prominent when setting rehabilitation goals related to gait. This can lead to a positive effect on the gait pattern itself, but also to more attention being paid to the arm, which has a more difficult recovery than the leg after a stroke. The aim of the current study will be to determine the inter and intra tester reliability of this visual observation scale to investigate if the results of the visual observation scale correlate to a 3D assessment performed in a subgroup of participants