Research Highlights: from American Stroke Association International Stroke Conference, February 2024 Positioning patients with large vessel ischaemic (clot-caused) stroke with their heads flat (0-degrees) before surgery to remove the blood clot resulted in significant improvements in neurological function, compared to patients whose heads were elevated (at a 30-degree angle), according to science presented on February…
Category: Stroke
Ipsen and World Stroke Organisation partnership focuses on improving post-stroke care
Research highlights financial challenges and knowledge gaps faced by stroke survivors Results of a new Ipsen survey highlight the stark reality faced by stroke survivors, revealing the personal and financial burdens that stroke can have on individuals and their families. The survey raises critical concerns, suggesting that many stroke survivors are not proactively made aware…
Increase Rehabilitation Time for Stroke Patients – NICE
The amount of rehabilitation time offered to adults in England who have had a stroke should be significantly increased from previous recommendations, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said. Previous guidance from 2013 recommended initially offering at least 45 minutes of relevant stroke rehabilitation therapy for a minimum of 5 days per…
Improvements in treatment of intracranial aneurysms
Meta-analysis shows fewer complications and higher occlusion rates for ruptured wide-neck intracranial aneurysms, using Rapid Medical’s COMANECI™ Embolisation Assist Device 19 July 2023: Rapid Medical™, developer of advanced neurovascular devices, has announced new clinical data showing significant advantages of its novel COMANECI™ embolisation assist device over established techniques to treat ruptured wide-neck intracranial aneurysms. A recent meta-analysis…
AI in stroke: tool outperforms human emergency call handlers in identifying stroke
AI in stroke: A team of researchers from Denmark have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) framework to address the number of strokes that go unrecognised by human emergency call handlers.[i] The framework outperformed emergency call handlers in recognising stroke for both sexes and across all age groups studied, indicating its potential as a supplementary…
Imaging yields new insights into stroke
Synchrotron’s “superhuman vision” made it easy to detect markers of brain damage Haemorrhagic stroke, where a weakened vessel in the brain ruptures, can lead to permanent disability or death. Across the globe, over 15 million people are coping with its effects. A study by researchers from the University of Saskatchewan (USask) and Curtin University in…
Novel Early Intervention Study for Stroke Patients
MindMaze and The University of Auckland partner on novel early intervention study for stroke patients, expanding global breadth of research supporting the company’s brain tech solutions MindMaze, (digital therapeutics (DTx) for neurological recovery and care), in partnership with The University of Auckland, has announced a new interventional study that will aim to show the merits…
PhD Opportunity: Computer games to support arm rehabilitation after stroke
Background Stroke is one of the most common causes of disability across the world. Up to 80% of acute stroke patients experience loss of arm function, which affects quality of life. Arm impairment often persists after rehabilitation has ceased. Recovery may be optimised by intensive functional training, but this can be difficult after stroke e.g….
