NeuroAid - New Hope For Stoke Patients...
Now scientists are impressed with how the ancient therapy can help stroke patients get back to a more normal life.
NeuroAid was historically developed in China as a traditional chinese medicine to help stroke patients achieve better
rehabilitation. Moleac, a bio pharmacy company, is bringing NeuroAid to western medicine internationally and ensures
it meets western medicine standards to attend to the needs of stroke sufferers: NeuroAid supports them to achieve better
neurological and functional recovery. Researchers from the University's School of Health Professions and Rehabilitation
Sciences and the School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) have developed a technology to help stroke patients
to re-learn movement, and local people are being invited to participate in trials.
Stroke is the number one cause of serious adult disability in the United States. Stroke is currently the third leading cause
of death in the United States. Stroke ranks as the third leading cause of death in the world and is a main reason for disability
and dependency in the elderly. Stroke has a greater disability impact than any other medical condition. Stroke-related
deficits are severe in approximately one third of the survivors and moderate or mild in the other two thirds. Stroke patients
have been shown to achieve significantly lower maximal workloads and heart rate and blood pressure responses than control subjects
during progressive exercise testing to volitional fatigue. Stroke patients usually experience the most dramatic recovery in the
first 30 days but may continue to improve more gradually for months.
Patients suffer physical and other problems, such as loss of memory, vision, spatial awareness and mobility through paralysis.
Patients may find that they can no longer understand written words, that they cannot pronounce words anymore, or that they can
speak volumes of words but fail to convey the meanings they intend. Patients in the study were offered 10 weeks the therapy,
in which restraint of the unaffected arm forced them to use their affected arm for everyday tasks. Patients then engaged in
daily repetitive task and behavioral shaping sessions, which included training in tasks such as opening a lock, turning a doorknob,
or pouring a drink. Patients using simulator training were more likely both to pass the driver's test and to retain the skill
level achieved in training. NeuroAid has shown efficacy for patients who suffered a stroke in the past 6months and have resulting
loss of motor function or independence.
New methods for speeding recovery will have an enormous impact for the individuals involved and for the costs of providing long-term
therapy, support and care. Now MIT pioneers in the field of robotic therapy are hoping a robotic gym full of machines targeted at
different parts of the body will significantly improve stroke patients' movement in arms, wrists, hands, legs and ankles. In the first
clinical trial, the researchers found that stroke patients who used the machine four to five hours a week improved further and faster,
as measured by increased function of the impaired limb, than a second group of patients that did not receive robot-assisted therapy.
"We're looking for efficiency because in the long run -- it might be possible to do some of the therapy with a robot instead
of having to ask somebody to drive in to the therapy center.
To regain speech and movement after a stroke, 150,000 Chinese have used a medicine containing extracts from leeches and scorpions,
says the product's manufacturer, Moleac, which is based in Singapore. David Picard, CEO of Moleac, the Singapore/Biopolis-based
global bio pharmaceutical company that develops and markets NeuroAid(TM) outside of China, said: ''We are delighted at the interest
NeuroAid(TM) has generated in the medical community worldwide.
New Hopes For Stoke Patients
By one year after injury, 85% of patients have a full recovery; patients with symptoms persisting for longer than
one year are classified as suffering from the persistent post concussive syndrome. Many patients have a full recovery, and the
symptoms of instability go away. Most patients have a full recovery; however, heavy infections can lead to chronic, disabling
disease and even death. Many patients have a full recovery, though 10-20% of patients may have continued instability of the
shoulder after arthroscopic surgery.
Today, cutting-edge robotics technology is revolutionizing how stroke is diagnosed (telemedicine) and treated (robot assisted therapy).
Recent clinical trials have shown that robot-assisted therapy may help stroke patients regain arm movements, even years after a
disabling stroke. A monitor attached to the robot plays a series of video games to encourage patients to extend their arms, with
the assistance of the robot. Robot assisted therapy is only one tool in the arsenal for stroke rehabilitation. They are also assisting
on the front line to quicken the process of stroke diagnosis.
Providing both patients and their closest family members with knowledge and skills in self-management could potentially provide
benefits similar to recent nurse-led home based intervention heart-failure programs at a much lower cost. Out-patient
services include stroke clinics providing follow-up care to patients discharged from the in-patient service and also to non-urgent
referred patients. It may be possible to avoid admission to hospital or to reduce the length of stay by providing community support.
However, little research has focused on the experience of the peer providing support.
More and more, patients are requesting care beyond what most consider to be traditional health services.
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) includes therapies not based on traditional Western medical teachings and may include
acupuncture, chiropractic, homeopathy, diet and lifestyle changes, herbal medicine, and massage therapy, among others. But because
Traditional Oriental medicine works preventively it can be incorporated into your daily life as a wellness program, just like
eating healthy, getting regular exercise, having enough sleep and having healthy meaningful relationships.
Developed in China as a traditional chinese medicine to help stroke patients achieve better rehabilitation. NeuroAid is safe and has
very few reported side effects, which have been found to be of minor concern (such as nausea, vomiting or increased thirst). NeuroAid
has shown efficacy for patients who suffered a stroke in the past 6months and have resulting loss of motor function or independence.
