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Overview of Strokes

small arteries within the brain. The most common cause of hemorrhage into the brain is a significant increase in systolic/diastoli...

An Overview of Existing Research on Stroke and Diabetes

In a three page paper, the author reflects on a range of studies on diabetes, stroke, and skin impairment in patients with comorbi...

Hemorrhagic Stroke Management

there are small ruptures in the small vessels of the cerebral arteries, which is generally caused as a result of hypertension, whi...

Tennis and a Kinetic Analysis of a Forehand Ground Stroke

This paper provides an overview of the kinesis involved in tennis' forehand ground stroke, requiring over one-hundred and thirty m...

Diagnosing a Stroke

The general symptoms of strokes, both ischemic and hemorrhagic, and transient ischemic attack will have a sudden onset (Caplan, 20...

Stroke Victims and Their Rights

The generic term "stroke" refers to a cerebro-vascular accident (CVA), which may occur on the left or right-hand side of the brain...

Occupational versus Nursing Therapy for Stroke Patients

For different reasons, each profession believes that the morning routine of washing and dressing is essential. Both the nurse and...

Preventing Strokes and Physical Activity

In twelve pages this paper examines the stroke risks posed by physical activity in this literature review on stroke prevention. E...

Silent Stroke as a Predictor of Future Events

The writer presents a research proposal which argues that findings indicate that silent stroke could be wide spread in the U.S., a...

Patient Scenario on Stroke Examination

affect patient outcomes (Finley, 2004). The degree to which Mr. Smith will be affected by the stroke, and, indeed, his very survi...

Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Use of Low Air Loss Overlay Mattresses on a Stroke and Orthopedic Unit in the Hospital Setting

patients by reducing the number of incidences of pressure ulcers. As research demonstrates an increasing cost of treatment for pr...

Jean Dominque Baudry's The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The Locked in Syndrome resulting from a paralytic stroke is examined in this overview of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean...

Indian Music and the Tabla Drums

the emission of harmonics(Courtney, 2001). Musicians play the tabla (or a smaller one at least) by placing it in their la...

Music Therapy and Stroke Victims

that "responding to music is an innate human capacity, unimpaired by injury, handicap or trauma" (Case and Else, 2003, p. 43). The...

Drug Therapy-Statins

bodies to produce an excessive amount of cholesterol (Statins safe, 2004). Left untreated, this condition is associated with havin...

'Presidential' Edith Wilson

Petticoat Presidency? 2003). Edith Wilson was a woman who had grown up in a happy home, with protective parents who adored her (E...

Migraines and Stroke Risks

women remains small, however about 15 out of every 100,000 women who experience the aura with their migraines will end up also hav...

Skills of Badminton

Strokes Beginners will usually simply concentrate on getting the shuttle over the net and into the right area of the court (Onlin...

Difficult Decision Making

as sadness. My Dad quickly smiled and patted me on the back, but in my heart I knew that my decision would forever change the cou...

STROKE SIGNS, PROTOCOLS AND LESSONS

or knowledge; affective, or feelings/emotion and attitude and psychomotor, in other words, manual or physical, skills or action (C...

Stroke, the Psychological and Emotional Impact

This research paper presents a survey of research studies that investigated the psychological effects that result from stroke and ...

Stroke Patients and Nursing Case Management

Partially as a result of improved heath care practices which result in longer life and partially as the result of the movement aw...

Geriatric Case Psychosocial Assessment

serious enough to keep her in the ICU unit for three days. Still, it did not take long for Eleanor to resume her activities at ver...

Speech Pathology 3 Scenarios

bloomer from a child with expressive language disorder at an early age. There are, however, many speech pathology assessment ins...

Volleyball Serve and Physics

In eleven pages this paper examines the physics and movement associated with the volleyball serve stroke. Twenty two sources are ...

Hemi Inattention, Costs and Demographics of Stroke

In five pages hemi inattention or the occurrence that relates to strokes of the right hemisphere is examined in terms of demograph...

Research Proposal on Heat Stroke and Ephedra

research proposal, then, is the connection between ephedra and heat stroke and the physiological impacts that this herbal suppleme...

Effects of Strokes

There are many client aggregates to consider when reviewing the special needs of women over fifty in regard to stroke education an...

Younger Victims of Stroke and Depression

This paper examines the stroke recovery of young patients and the effects of depression in twelve pages. Six sources are cited in...

The Components of a Tennis Forehand Stroke

contact and ended with completion of the swing. This was further sub-divided into early follow-through (the first 25%) and late fo...