Is Environmental Enrichment Ready for Clinical Application in Human Post-stroke Rehabilitation?
- M W Mcdonald, Kathryn S Hayward, Ingrid C M Rosbergen, Matthew Strider Jeffers, Dale Corbett
- Front. Behav. Neurosci.
- 2018
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An enriched environment increases activity in stroke patients undergoing rehabilitation in a mixed rehabilitation unit: a pilot non-randomized controlled trial.
@article{Janssen2014AnEE,
title={An enriched environment increases activity in stroke patients undergoing rehabilitation in a mixed rehabilitation unit: a pilot non-randomized controlled trial.},
author={Heidi Janssen and Louise Ada and Julie Bernhardt and Patrick Mcelduff and Michael Pollack and Michael J Nilsson and Neil James Spratt},
journal={Disability and rehabilitation},
year={2014},
volume={36 3},
pages={255-62}
}- Published 2014 in Disability and rehabilitation
DOI:10.3109/09638288.2013.788218
PURPOSE
An enriched environment (EE) facilitates physical, cognitive and social activity in animal models of stroke. The aim of this pilot study was to determine whether enriching the environment of a mixed rehabilitation unit increased stroke patient activity.
METHODS
A non- randomized controlled trial was conducted. Direct observation was used to determine the difference in change in physical, cognitive, social or any activity over 2 weeks in patients exposed to an enriched versus non… CONTINUE READING