Stroke Related Reviews and Perspectives in Neuroscience, Medicine & Neurorehabilitation
Abstract In acute settings, specifically in the emergency department, physicians often encounter patients with chief complaints of unilateral weakness or hemiparesis. Although imaging studies and...
Introduction Clinically, muscle tone is assessed by judging the resistance of a patient’s limb to passive stretch. Damage to the descending motor pathways that terminate...
One of the main characteristic features of post-stroke gait, is the hemiparetic or hemiplegic gait. It is important to note, that in acute settings, patients...