The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is a well-validated ... Identification of motor weakness and ataxia can alert the staff to fall risk (Spilker et al., 1997).

Because our ability to detect acute stroke with neuroimaging techniques is limited, it remains a clinical diagnosis. The strict time requirements of thrombolytic therapy require sharp assessment ...

In some cases, an inability to balance is referred to as a symptom known as ataxia. But ataxia can also be its own condition ...

Rosenthal says that long-term alcohol use is one of the more preventable causes of ataxia, and having a stroke can lead to ataxia as well. "Often when we refer to cerebellar ataxia," she adds ...

Sleep-disordered breathing improvements were not associated with functional, cognitive, or neurologic outcomes in the first ...

In the United States, strokes are a top cause of death and a major cause of disability, according to the American Stroke Association. This is a scary reality, especially since many of the stroke ...

Nov. 27, 2024 — Researchers have analysed the effects of seven different hormone treatments for menopausal symptoms on the risk of blood clots, stroke and heart attack. The study, which involved ...

Stroke refers to an acute cerebrovascular disorder that is manifested by sudden loss or deterioration of brain function, resulting either from ischaemic stroke or intracranial haemorrhage ...

Absence of rest tremor, early occurrence of gait difficulty, postural instability, dementia, hallucinations, and the presence of dysautonomia, ophthalmoparesis, ataxia and other atypical features, ...

A total of 677 patients comprised the primary analysis population, of whom 339 (mean age, 61; women, 52.2%; White, 60.2%; ischemic stroke, 37.8%) were randomly assigned to fever prevention and 338 ...

An occipital stroke happens in the back of the brain. This lobe, or part of the brain, helps people to recognize what they see. That means strokes in the occipital lobe can cause vision changes, which ...