Cognitive rehabilitation for attention deficits – does it work?

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Joanne Cummings summarises a recent Cochrane systematic review of cognitive rehabilitation for attention deficits post-stroke, which finds a paucity of evidence to help inform practice.

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Review reveals that predicting poor outcome after stroke is still a long way off

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Predicting what happens to people after stroke is a tricky business. Madeleine Grealy summarises a systematic review of cohort studies that seeks to predict poor outcome after stroke in older survivors.

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Virtual Reality therapy for stroke: Promising new evidence

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Madeleine Grealy discusses promising evidence relating to the effectiveness of Virtual Reality therapy for stroke survivors, published in a recent review and meta-analysis in the open access PLoS ONE journal.

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Are cognitive screening tools good enough?

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Joanne Cummings, Research Associate at the University of Strathclyde, writes her debut blog on a recent systematic review of the cognitive screening tools used after stroke.

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Electromechanical-assisted gait training after stroke: Which type of training machine is better?

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Andy Kerr from the University of Strathclyde, publishes his debut blog, which summarises a systematic review of gait training after stroke that evaluated independent walking after using mechanical training devices.

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Goal setting in stroke rehabilitation: review suggests more research needed

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With NICE and RCP guidelines advocating goal setting in stroke rehabilitation, it’s about time we reviewed the evidence for its effectiveness and acceptability. Jennifer Dryden, PhD student and trainee health psychologist at the University of Strathclyde, publishes her debut blog on a systematic review that provides some useful insight, but also highlights the gaps in our knowledge.

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Improving physical activity after stroke: new systematic review weighs up the options

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Madeleine Grealy kicks off the Stroke Elf blogging with this summary of a recent systematic review, which evaluates interventions designed to promote long term participation in physical activity after stroke.

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