The Sheldon Short Guide to Stroke Recovery by Mark Greener

Author:Mark Greener [Greener Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781847094025
Publisher: John Murray Press

Source: Adapted from the Stroke Association

Movement problems

Almost nine in every ten people who experience an ischaemic stroke develop motor (movement) problems including:

•hemiplegia – weaknesses on one side of the body;

•hemiballism – vigorous, irregular and marked limb movements on one side of the body that typically develop around the time of the stroke;

•chorea – brief, non-repetitive movements that appear to move from muscle to muscle;

•spasticity – abnormal increase in muscle tone;

•dystonia – involuntary sustained twisting, repetitive movements or abnormal postures. Dystonia tends to emerge, on average, 9.5 months after the stroke but it can emerge up to three years later. People with hemiplegia often develop dystonia once their muscle strength begins to recover.

Survivors should, in general, begin to get back on their feet within 24 hours of the stroke. Immobility, even for a short time, can increase the risk of, for example, muscle wastage, movement problems, slow wound healing, problems urinating and pressure sores.

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