Stroke is a brain attack that can happen to anyone. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC; 2016), stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the U.S. and a major cause of adult disability. Strokes occur when blood flow to an area of the brain is cut off, causing the oxygen supply to that area to be inadequate. More than 800,000 people in the U.S. experience a stroke each year, 665,000 of whom, on average, survive their stroke (CDC, 2016). However, survivors can suffer several neurological deficits, such as hemiparesis, communication disorders, cognitive deficits or disorders in visuo-spatial perception (Belda-Lois et al., 2011). Many survivors from stroke inevitably need post-stroke rehabilitation. During this
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Shin and Lee (2007) found the hemiplegic shoulder pain was reduced more by aromatherapy acupressure than by acupressure alone because aroma can be taken into the body through the olfactory system or the skin. The explanation of this phenomenon is Rood’s therapeutic approach, which states that an individual’s body and autonomic nervous system (ANS) co-affects each other in a dynamic way. Using aromatherapy and slow stroking back massage in the clinic could be an inhibitory technique, which helps patients relax and feel more comfortable before therapy, especially for patients who have spasticity (Koog et al., …show more content…
A study by Yeldan et al. (2015) uses mirror therapy (MT) to provide visual feedback by having the patient view his/her unaffected extremities reflection in a mirror. This stimulates the primary motor cortex to control an action when they are performing a task. Consequently, the effect of MT on the patients demonstrates improvement in motor performance and function. This study is based on Rood’s therapeutic approach, which is a sensory stimulation of anterior horn cell (AHC). Rood observed that certain sensations have different effects upon the AHC, which means sensory input could wake up motor responses from the cortex. Moreover, Rood mentioned that multisensory stimulation can lead to improved central nervous system plasticity which in turn is likely leading to a sustained alteration of motor output allow patients to perform the activities in a controlled
Shin and Lee (2007) found the hemiplegic shoulder pain was reduced more by aromatherapy acupressure than by acupressure alone because aroma can be taken into the body through the olfactory system or the skin. The explanation of this phenomenon is Rood’s therapeutic approach, which states that an individual’s body and autonomic nervous system (ANS) co-affects each other in a dynamic way. Using aromatherapy and slow stroking back massage in the clinic could be an inhibitory technique, which helps patients relax and feel more comfortable before therapy, especially for patients who have spasticity (Koog et al., …show more content…
A study by Yeldan et al. (2015) uses mirror therapy (MT) to provide visual feedback by having the patient view his/her unaffected extremities reflection in a mirror. This stimulates the primary motor cortex to control an action when they are performing a task. Consequently, the effect of MT on the patients demonstrates improvement in motor performance and function. This study is based on Rood’s therapeutic approach, which is a sensory stimulation of anterior horn cell (AHC). Rood observed that certain sensations have different effects upon the AHC, which means sensory input could wake up motor responses from the cortex. Moreover, Rood mentioned that multisensory stimulation can lead to improved central nervous system plasticity which in turn is likely leading to a sustained alteration of motor output allow patients to perform the activities in a controlled