Active clinical trials for "Stroke"

To continue surveillance of cardiovascular disease risk factors in the seven-county area of Minneapolis-St. Paul.

To clarify the relationship of the arterial lesions to aging, define the influence of the arterial changes on the development of stroke, brain infarction, and dementia, and provide a better understanding of vascular dementia.

To develop an integrative predictive model of long-term quality of life in cardiovascular disease that emphasized adaptive processes and outcomes.

To test hypotheses related to gender differences in cardiovascular mortality trends between 1980 and 1991 in two southeastern New England communities which were part of the Pawtucket Heart Health Program.

To determine the association between flavonoids intake and the prevention of incident cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Latissimus Dorsi (LD); Medial sacrum, lumbar vertebrae and lower thoracic vertebrae 10-12 lateral to the spinous processus. It is a fan-like wide muscle that connects to the inferior angle of the scapula and ribs, adheres to the anterior surface of the proximal humerus and continues with aponeurosis of the contralateral Gluteus Maximus below. The activation of the LD muscle during the functional reach activity, which we use most frequently in daily living activities, affects the upper extremity and trunk movements. Therefore it is important muscle that affects the quality of movement. The study include individuals with stroke that diagnosed by the neurologist and include healthy subjects. During sitting activity, they will be required to reach three different distances in the sagittal and scapular plane: arm length, 125% of the arm length and end point where it can reach the modified functional reach test. During the activity, electromyography (EMG) activation of latissimus dorsi, anterior deltoid and erector spina muscles will be examined with electromyographic device. Hypothesis originating from the investigation: H1: Latissimus dorsi muscle segments show different activation during functional reach activity. H2: Activation of latissimus dorsi muscle segments is affected by reaching direction during functional reach activity. H3: Activation of latissimus dorsi muscle segments is affected by reaching distance during functional reach activity.

This study aims at studying the frequency of late stroke after transcatheter aortic valve replacement/implantation

The main aim of the study is to show that patients with suspected acute stroke met by the emergency medical service and assessed using the eSTROKE model including prehospital NIHSS and a mobile application will identify a higher number of patients with stroke, than those who receive conventional prehospital care.

This registration enrolled patients with acute ischemic stroke within 72 hours after stroke ictus. Patients was identified as first-ever stroke based on past medical histrory. Admission CT was conducted to exclude hemorrhagic stroke, but not those bleeding transformation after ischemia injury. Baseline characteristics, including demographics, vascular risk factors, lab tests and neuroimagings were collected. Patients were followed up for cognitive assessments.

This study was organized to investigate the real upper limb use in persons after stroke. Persons after stroke often have problems moving their affected arm, leading to limitations in performing simple tasks. In previous research in a group of 60 patients post stroke the investigators investigated two things: they observed how patients can move their affected arm, and the investigators asked patients to indicate how they think they can use their affected arm. Surprisingly, the investigators concluded that in patients with a similar, good observed arm use there were two groups: (1) a 'match' group, reporting they can use their arm well, and (2) a 'mismatch' group, reporting they can not use their arm well. This project will further investigate this last group. The investigators will now use sensor technology to investigate the actual daily life arm use during daily life. The investigators hypothesize this daily arm use will be lower in the mismatch group than in the group with good observed and perceived ability.