Physiotherapy after a stroke
Type: Stroke information
Physiotherapy can help you get back as much movement as possible after a stroke. It can help you re-learn to use your arms and hands, and regain movement and strength in your legs to improve movement and balance.
Physiotherapy after stroke
Type: Stroke information
Addressing cognitive challenges in physiotherapy
Can more intensive physiotherapy help stroke survivors who have arm and hand weakness?
Stroke survivors often have problems with moving their arms and hands after stroke. This project will investigate whether a more intensive physical rehabilitation programme can improve arm and hand movement, which could ultimately lead to changes in treatment guidelines for stroke.
AN INNOVATIVE PHYSIOTHERAPY LED SPASTICITY OUTREACH SERVICE TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF STROKE PATIENTS LIVING IN SOUTH-WEST LONDON
CAN STROKE PATIENTS ACHIEVE SIMILAR LEVELS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN PHYSIOTHERAPY REHABILITATION SESSIONS WITH AN ALTERED MODEL OF DELIVERY USING FEWER STAFF.
Developing CARES: Cognitive Aid for REhabilitation in Stroke survivors
Faye Tabone wants to find ways that stroke survivors with thinking and memory disabilities can get more out of physiotherapy.
PRACTISE: Personalised community-based telerehabilitation for stroke survivors
Professor Lorna Paul and the PRACTISE team are working with stroke survivors, carers, and physiotherapists to develop a new way for stroke survivors to access community-based physiotherapy - at a distance.