Paralysis

Follow the links below to find information on various types of paralysis, including as a result of stroke or injury.

Reviewed January 2012

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Title:   Quadriplegics - hand surgery
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Tendon transfer surgery can restore functional movement to hands paralysed by quadriplegia. Muscle function from the shoulder can be transferred to the elbow. Forearm muscles can be re-routed to act on the wrist and on the fingers.
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Paraplegia (spinal cord injury)
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Paraplegia and quadriplegia are conditions which result from damage to the spinal cord from an accident or other trauma. Support can help people with spinal cord injuries achieve many things. Health problems for people with spinal cord injuries may include urinary tract infections, kidney stones and pressure sores. Autonomic hyperreflexia or automomic dysreflexia may also develop.
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Hands-on therapy interventions for upper limb motor dysfunction following stroke
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Therapists use a variety of techniques to help the arm to get better following stroke. However, the details of what they doing are unclear, are not well described in studies, and are used in various combinations. It is not known which elements of these ...
Date:   Aug 2010
Title:   Hand skills
Publisher:   Novita Children's Services
Description:   Hand skills are explained together with how Novita therapists help children with physical disabilities improve these skills. Information is provided about the different hand splints available and examples given of what they can achieve. Some information is provided about hand surgery.
Date:   Nov 2009
Title:   Neuromuscular paralysis for newborn infants receiving mechanical ventilation
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Long-term effects of muscle paralysing drugs on newborns needing mechanical ventilation are as yet unclear. When newborn infants develop breathing difficulties, they need mechanical ventilation to help them breathe. Sometimes they do not breathe in rhy...
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Constraint-induced movement therapy for upper extremities in stroke patients
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Paralysis of an arm after a stroke makes arm movements, such as reaching, grasping, and manipulating an object difficult. In turn, this causes many difficulties in activities of daily life, such as bathing, dressing, eating, and toileting. Constraint-in...
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Stroke: what happens afterwards? - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Each person affected by stroke will have different problems and different needs.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Spinal cord injury: what is it? - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) involves damage to the spinal cord that results in a loss of function such as mobility or feeling.
Date:   Jan 2003

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