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Stroke Heroes Act FAST is a public health campaign produced by the Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention and Control Program at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Begun in 2006, it is dedicated to increasing stroke recognition and shortening the time between the onset of stroke symptoms and arrival at a hospital's emergency department .
Motor imagery for gait rehabilitation after stroke. The latest evidence supports the short-term benefits of motor imagery (MI) on walking speed in individuals who have had a stroke, in comparison to other therapies. [94] MI does not improve motor function after stroke and does not seem to cause significant adverse events. [94]
BE-FAST has shown promise and is currently being studied as an alternative method to the FAST acronym. [5]B - balance degradation - increase in difficulty of maintaining balance while walking (especially when using stairs or changing direction), or standing (especially when standing on one foot); now needing assistance using a hand on something such as a hand-rail or cane.
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Midline shift (arrow) is present in this brain after a stroke (infarct depicted in shaded area). Midline shift is a shift of the brain past its center line. [ 1 ] The sign may be evident on neuroimaging such as CT scanning . [ 1 ]
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A frequent mistake of beginners is to bend the legs too much or to kick too much out of the water. Ideally, there are 6 kicks per cycle (the stroke so performed is called the American crawl), although it is also possible to use 8, 4, or even 2 kicks; Franziska van Almsick, for example, swam very successfully with 4 kicks per cycle. When one arm ...