Lahr, M. (Maarten) (2009) 'Combined clinical and home-based rehabilitation for stroke patients': a pilot study to evaluate which category of stroke patients benefits most from this intervention. thesis, Human Movement Sciences.
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Abstract
Three stroke patients were investigated in this study to evaluate a combined clinical- and home-based rehabilitation. The hypothesis was tested whether stroke patients would benefit from a combined treatment. To this end, two stroke patients suffering from predominantly motor deficits and one patient from cognitive impairments were studied. The combined treatment protocol consisted on the one hand of regular inpatient treatment at a rehabilitation center and on the other hand of treatment sessions at home with the patient. Emphasis in the combined treatment was on training ADL- and mobility skills. Results were gathered using both qualitative and quantitative measurements. Results indicate that a combined treatment protocol is feasible for stroke patient suffering from either mainly motor- or cognitive impairment. In particular the involvement of the home-context and presence of the partner in that context were mentioned as specific plus points. In addition the therapists indicated that domiciliary treatment provided the opportunity to train skills more specifically. Summarizing this study provides important new knowledge with respect to advantages of home-based rehabilitation for stroke patients in addition to inpatient rehabilitation. Future studies on this subject should seek to further develop the treatment protocol used in this study.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Thesis) |
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| Supervisor name: | Otter, Dr. A.R. den |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jun 2020 11:06 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2020 11:06 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2573 |
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