Post-Stroke Functional Disorders
- Impaired movement function
- Impaired swallowing function
- Disturbances in carrying out daily activities
- Impaired function of thinking, speaking, language, behavior
Post-Stroke Medical Rehabilitation
- Helps learn something lost due to brain damage
- Teach other methods so that patients can independently carry out daily tasks
Goals of Post-Stroke Medical Rehabilitation
- Restoring the function of stroke patients to achieve optimal levels of independence
- Prevents complications from prolonged bed rest
- Provide guidance to families and caregivers in providing emotional and psychological support to patients
- Helping patients and families to prepare patients to return to their environment or society
The role of Post-Stroke Medical Rehabilitation is to help restore the impaired function of stroke patients to achieve an optimal level of independence, so that the quality of life also increases. Medical Rehabilitation is a team consisting of Specialist Doctors in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Sp KFR) and therapists.
Doctor SpKFR
- assess and evaluate the condition of post-stroke patients thoroughly to create an appropriate therapy program for the patient
- coordinate with a team of therapists consisting of physiotherapy, okupası therapy, speech therapy, and prosthetic orthotics for the smooth running of the therapy program
- Collaboration with other specialist doctors if needed
Physiotherapy
- Helping train patients who experience movement disorders, so that patients are expected to be able to regain control of their movement functions
Occupational Therapy
- Train patients to be able to carry out daily life activities independently, both with assistive devices and processes
Speech Therapy
- Teaching how to speak
- Teaches other methods of communicating
- Training to improve swallowing ability
Prosthetic orthotics
- Help make tools needed by patients
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Article written by Dr. Liana Halim, Sp.KFR
(Physical Medicine & Medical Rehabilitation Specialist Doctor at Grha Kedoya Hospital)