International Biophilia Rehabilitative Method for Stroke

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We intend for Stroke a focal or generalized neurological deficit, which signs and symptoms are showed for at least 24 hours.

It is a high incidence and mortality illness, which involve a large number of people, especially the elderly population. Following a stroke, patients are commonly left with debilitating motor and cognitive impairments. This work reviews state of the art in neurological repair for stroke and proposes a new model for the future. Inside the Physical and Rehabilitative Chair of “G. d'Annunzio” University of Chieti - director Raoul Saggini, in collaboration with the BIOPHILIA Institute of Tokyo - director Shigeo Takizawa, the goal of this research is to design a rehabilitation protocol for the neurological problems connected to Ictus that uses devices of easy application and minimum waste of time.

We suggest that stroke treatment--from the time of the ictus itself to living with the consequences-- must be fundamentally neurological, from limiting the extent of the injury at the outset to repairing the consequent damage. Survivors usually show relevant physical, cognitive and psychological problems.

The protocol that we formulated consisted in 3 phases, executed on both the superior quadrant and the inferior one, divided in the first stage of passive mobilization of the interested limb, the second stage of active-assisted functional sensory re-education exercises and the third stage of neuromuscular stretching techniques to release the treated limb.

Our proposal of the therapeutical protocol can be considered a landmark in the field of neurological rehabilitation regarding strokes.

This is due to the fact that it is simple and widely reliable, because of the usage of intuitive, efficient and effective.

Preliminary data are relevant in each aspect of pathology analyzed and show how our protocol results effectively in the treatment of these patients.