Australian researchers recently concluded a small scale study of the effects of early extensive therapy on the overall outcome of a Stroke. Of the 71 patients studied, 38.9% of the patients receiving early extensive care versus 24.2% of the patients not receiving the same care ended up in better health one year after the stroke.
The study adjusted results based upon many factors including age, but offered a positive enough result that a new study on a larger scale is set to verify the outcome of the initial study.
Both groups exhibited approximately the same number of adverse reactions to the stroke including death, stroke progression
Pneumonia and falls.
The premise behind the study is simple, for patients who are unable to receive the help of clot breaking drugs, this early extensive
Exercise therapy, based mainly on mobility training, is an alternative. The outcome of the new study is hoped to prove an effectiveness of 80% in order to establish the training as a cost effective, and possibly lifesaving, treatment for strokes.
