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  2. Stroke recovery - Wikipedia

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    Treatment of acquired apraxia due to stroke usually consists of physical, occupational, and speech therapy. The Copenhagen Stroke Study, which is a large important study published in 2001, showed that out of 618 stroke patients, manual apraxia was found in 7% and oral apraxia was found in 6%. [98]

  3. Constraint-induced movement therapy - Wikipedia

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    The patient's ability to tolerate the intensity and duration of the therapy sessions is a limiting factor to protocol adoption. Stroke patients have commonly expressed the length of time wearing the constraint and time-consuming hours of therapy as reasons they wish not to participate. [31]

  4. Bobath concept - Wikipedia

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    The Bobath concept is an approach to neurological rehabilitation that is applied in patient assessment and treatment (such as with adults after stroke [1] or children with cerebral palsy [2]). The goal of applying the Bobath concept is to promote motor learning for efficient motor control in various environments, thereby improving participation ...

  5. Anterior temporal lobectomy - Wikipedia

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    Recovery after ATL can take several weeks to months. Anti-seizure medications will be continued for several months after ATL. As it is an open surgery it takes time for the brain to heal. [10] Speech therapy, occupational therapy, etc. can help recovery. About 90% of people experience an improvement in seizures after temporal lobectomy.

  6. Occupational therapy - Wikipedia

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    Occupation-focused practice models Occupational Therapy Intervention Process Model (OTIPM) (Anne Fisher and others) Occupational Performance Process Model (OPPM) Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) (Gary Kielhofner and others) MOHO was first published in 1980. It explains how people select, organise and undertake occupations within their environment.

  7. Physical therapy in carpal tunnel syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Although surgical intervention for CTS by releasing the flexor retinaculum to alleviate median nerve compression is often effective, surgery is primarily recommended to relieve severe or long-term, chronic symptoms. Even with surgery, research has suggested that pain still exists in up to 38% of patients who receive surgery. [10]

  8. Physical medicine and rehabilitation - Wikipedia

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    In treating these patients, physiatrists lead a team of physical, occupational, respiratory, and speech therapists, as well as nurses, psychologists, and social workers. [citation needed]. In outpatient settings, physiatrists treat patients with muscle and joint injuries, pain syndromes, non-healing wounds, and other disabling conditions.

  9. Neurosurgery - Wikipedia

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    Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty that focuses on the surgical treatment or rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nervous system, and cerebrovascular system. [1]