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Rehabilitation and Recovery After Stroke.

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Goldstein, LB
Published in: Curr Treat Options Neurol
July 2000

Many poststroke complications are preventable. There are few data comparing the efficacy of specific, standard physiotherapeutic approaches with each other or with the incidence of spontaneous recovery. More intensive physiotherapeutic approaches may be of benefit, but the available data are inconclusive. Innovative physiotherapeutic approaches, such as robot training and forced-use therapy, are promising but require further study. Certain classes of drugs affecting central neurotransmitters (eg, alpha(2)-adrenergic receptor agonists, alpha(1)-adrenergic receptor antagonists, haloperidol, phenytoin, phenobarbital, and benzodiazepines) may interfere with recovery and should be avoided if possible until definitive data become available. Pharmacotherapy to improve poststroke recovery remains experimental.

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Curr Treat Options Neurol

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1092-8480

Publication Date

July 2000

Volume

2

Issue

4

Start / End Page

319 / 328

Location

United States
 

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Goldstein, L. B. (2000). Rehabilitation and Recovery After Stroke. Curr Treat Options Neurol, 2(4), 319–328. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11940-000-0049-3
Goldstein, L. B. “Rehabilitation and Recovery After Stroke.Curr Treat Options Neurol 2, no. 4 (July 2000): 319–28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11940-000-0049-3.
Goldstein LB. Rehabilitation and Recovery After Stroke. Curr Treat Options Neurol. 2000 Jul;2(4):319–28.
Goldstein, L. B. “Rehabilitation and Recovery After Stroke.Curr Treat Options Neurol, vol. 2, no. 4, July 2000, pp. 319–28. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s11940-000-0049-3.
Goldstein LB. Rehabilitation and Recovery After Stroke. Curr Treat Options Neurol. 2000 Jul;2(4):319–328.
Journal cover image

Published In

Curr Treat Options Neurol

DOI

ISSN

1092-8480

Publication Date

July 2000

Volume

2

Issue

4

Start / End Page

319 / 328

Location

United States