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Overactivity of the Less Affected Side as a Possible Pattern of Asymmetry in Sitting in Persons Suffered from First-Time Ischemic Stroke – an Observative Study
Zdrowowicz-Doroz, A.; Stolarski, J.; Krzysztoń, K.; Domitrz, I.; Kochanowski, J. Overactivity of the Less Affected Side as a Possible Pattern of Asymmetry in Sitting in Patients Suffering from First-Time Ischemic Stroke—An Observational Study. Brain Sci.2023, 13, 1716.
Zdrowowicz-Doroz, A.; Stolarski, J.; Krzysztoń, K.; Domitrz, I.; Kochanowski, J. Overactivity of the Less Affected Side as a Possible Pattern of Asymmetry in Sitting in Patients Suffering from First-Time Ischemic Stroke—An Observational Study. Brain Sci. 2023, 13, 1716.
Zdrowowicz-Doroz, A.; Stolarski, J.; Krzysztoń, K.; Domitrz, I.; Kochanowski, J. Overactivity of the Less Affected Side as a Possible Pattern of Asymmetry in Sitting in Patients Suffering from First-Time Ischemic Stroke—An Observational Study. Brain Sci.2023, 13, 1716.
Zdrowowicz-Doroz, A.; Stolarski, J.; Krzysztoń, K.; Domitrz, I.; Kochanowski, J. Overactivity of the Less Affected Side as a Possible Pattern of Asymmetry in Sitting in Patients Suffering from First-Time Ischemic Stroke—An Observational Study. Brain Sci. 2023, 13, 1716.
Abstract
The observation of persons in the acute phase of ischemic stroke (IS) allowed to select a group of patients whose spontaneous motor activity stood out from the typical clinical picture of the hemiplegia syndrome. It has been noticed that these persons have presented tendency to shift the body weigh toward more affected side and the tendency to move the upper and / or the lower limb (not covered by the neurological syndrome) in simple, repetitive patterns. The purposes of this study were: to define noted kind of behavior, and to select symptoms which can predict the occurrence it. Persons (n=222) hospitalized due to first-time IS were as-signed to 3 groups. A: 78 persons with no lateralization of the neurological syndrome (LoNS). B: 109 persons with LoNS, O+: 35 persons, who at the beginning of hospitalization presented, apart from LoNS, charac-teristic motor symptoms. Persons underwent therapy depending on the neurological symptoms. If the pa-tient demonstrated the potential symptoms for overactivity of the less affected side (OLAS), to confirm it, trial therapy was performed. The predictive symptoms, selected among these from the index day, for the occurrence OLAS in sitting were distinguished: asymmetry in supine and simple, repetitive movements of nonparetic upper extremity.
Keywords
stroke, rehabilitation, sitting position
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
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