30 of people with stroke can not walk with independence six months after the injury

-In this period, half of those affected remains partial paralysis affecting an arm and a leg on the same side of the body

-stroke is the leading cause of disability in adults

-disability can be reduced through rehabilitation

Córdoba may 2012.- after six months of having suffered a stroke half of those affected presents a hemiparesis (decrease of the driving force or partial paralysis) (which affects an arm and a leg on the same side of the body), 30% must use wheelchair During locomotion, a fourth are completely dependent for the implementation of activities of daily living, and 20% have severe communication disorders and more than one third depression.

Stroke is the fourth leading cause of death in developed countries and the leading cause of disability in the adult patient. The ictus generate disability in a very significant percentage.

These data have been provided by Dr. Juan Ignacio Marín, Physiatrist Hospital Aita Menni (Bilbao), during a workshop held during the fiftieth Congress of the Spanish society of rehabilitation and physical medicine (SERMEF) which took place in Cordoba.

The service of rehabilitation del Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía de Córdoba was the host of this outstanding national appointment. The event counted with the collaboration of the Ministry of health, Junta de Andalucía, which has declared the appointment of health scientific interest.

Also collaborated the Town Hall and the University of Cordoba, and the following health centers: El Hospital Infanta Margarita of goat, the Hospital Valley of the Pedroches, and hospitals of the Alto Guadalquivir sanitary Agency

during his speech, the specialist of Aita Menni has indicated that the brain has some ability to recovery after injury ”called ‘ brain plasticity ’. He has also stressed that in the acute period all assistance efforts are aimed at the progression of damage. During the sub-acute rehabilitation techniques are focused on maximizing the brain plasticity ”.

In this regard, has put on the table that there are various techniques focused on the recovery of injuries ”. Firstly, has pointed out that there are systems based on tape in March by a harness of download which partially reduces the weight of the same ”. Is a training device oriented tasks that allows the realization of more steps than a traditional training ground. They produce increases in walking speed and allows early start the active phase of the rehabilitation of the March ”, has been detailed.

On the other hand, the expert indicated that March electromechanical devices, have Motors causing force on the joints of the lower limbs so they printed a movement on the extremities which reproduces a cycle approaching the normal walking cycle qualitatively.

They perform more steps per session, they have a lower energy cost both for the patient and the therapist. Associated with conventional physiotherapy, increases the percentage of patients who get a separate March ”, has been added.

Finally, among other techniques, he has stressed that the robots in hands and arms pléjicos they help to maintain the flexibility of the tissues and reduce the resistance to passive movement ”.

The Spanish society for rehabilitation and physical medicine (SERMEF) brings together more than 1,360 medical specialists in the field of rehabilitation whose work is to recover motor function. Among his responsibilities, they treat patients with acute or chronic pain, diseases, musculoskeletal, as cervicalgia, back pain, scoliosis, tendonitis, fibromyalgia and neuralgias. They also cater to people who have suffered serious traumatic injury, multiple fractures or brain damage, and others who have suffered an episode of accident vascular brain with hemiplegia. In addition, also provide care to other patients with neurological disorders (spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis, sequelae of poliomyelitis, lateral sclerosis, párkinson, etc.), orthopedic disorders (kyphoscoliosis, malformations, amputations…), as well as respiratory and heart diseases.