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 ...

(5) childbearing and pregnancy women; (6) merging diseases such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Friedrich’s ataxia ... s instructions. 2.4 Stroke related ...

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 ...

The trial assessed treatment efficacy using the Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA), a standardized tool for evaluating ataxia severity, especially in cerebellar diseases.

BALA CYNWYD, PA — Larimar Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: LRMR) has announced encouraging initial results from its ongoing ...

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 ...

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), cerebrovascular disease (CVD)—which includes stroke—ranked as the third leading cause of death in the Philippines from January to May 2023 and ...