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Guidebook Subsections
Rehabilitation of Motor Deficits after Stroke
Rehabilitation of Mobility after Stroke
Rehabilitation of Sensory Deficits After Stroke
Rehabilitation of Visual and Perceptual Deficits after Stroke
Rehabilitation of Speech-Language Disorders after Stroke
Rehabilitation of Activities of Daily Living After Stroke
Prevention and Treatment of Secondary Complications in Stroke Rehabilitation
Prognosis for Stroke Rehabilitation
Approaches to Stroke Rehabilitation
The term "stroke rehabilitation" is an encompassing term that refers to recovery efforts for any deficits resulting from a stroke. However, there are really two categories of difficulties that can follow stroke, namely:
- Deficits directly caused by the stroke such as motor deficits, mobility, sensory, visual and perceptual, speech/language, and the impact they cause on activities of daily living.
- Deficits that are complications of the stroke, such as cardiovascular complications, neuromuscular deconditioning, pressure sores, bladder and bowel dysfunction, shoulder pain, shoulder subluxation, spasticity, falling, dysphagia, depression, fatigue, sleep apnea, and emotional disturbances.
