Stroke case fatality in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis

T Adoukonou, O Kossi, P Fotso Mefo… - … Journal of Stroke, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background The burden of stroke is high in sub-Saharan Africa; however, few data are
available on long-term mortality. Objective To estimate over one-month stroke case fatality in …

Secular trends in the prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting among girls: a systematic analysis

NB Kandala, MC Ezejimofor, OA Uthman, P Komba - BMJ global health, 2018 - gh.bmj.com
Background Current evidence on the decline in the prevalence of female genital mutilation
or cutting (FGM/C) has been lacking worldwide. This study analyses the prevalence …

[HTML][HTML] Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders during 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

VL Feigin, AA Abajobir, KH Abate, F Abd-Allah… - The Lancet …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Comparable data on the global and country-specific burden of neurological
disorders and their trends are crucial for health-care planning and resource allocation. The …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence of neuroplasticity with robotic hand exoskeleton for post-stroke rehabilitation: a randomized controlled trial

N Singh, M Saini, N Kumar, MVP Srivastava… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2021 - Springer
Background A novel electromechanical robotic-exoskeleton was designed in-house for the
rehabilitation of wrist joint and Metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint. Objective The objective …

Stroke survivors in Nigeria: a door-to-door prevalence survey from the Niger Delta region

MC Ezejimofor, OA Uthman, O Maduka… - Journal of the …, 2017 - Elsevier
The burden of stroke has been projected to increase in low-and middle-income countries
due to the ongoing epidemiological transition. However, community-based stroke …

Print-it-Yourself (PIY) glove: A fully 3D printed soft robotic hand rehabilitative and assistive exoskeleton for stroke patients

BWK Ang, CH Yeow - … on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the design and preliminary investigation of a fully 3D printed soft robotic
hand exoskeleton, Print-it-Yourself (PIY) Glove for stroke patients. The PIY Glove is …

A systematic review of physical rehabilitation interventions for stroke in low and lower-middle income countries

M Dee, O Lennon, C O'Sullivan - Disability and rehabilitation, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: Approximately 70% of strokes occur in low and middle income countries, yet the
effectiveness of physical rehabilitation in these contexts remains undetermined. This …

Presentation, evaluation, management, and outcomes of acute stroke in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

R Khatib, YA Arevalo, MA Berendsen… - …, 2018 - karger.com
Aims: We performed a systematic review to evaluate stroke presentation, evaluation,
management, and outcomes among studies conducted in low-and middle-income countries …

Robotic exoskeleton for wrist and fingers joint in post-stroke neuro-rehabilitation for low-resource settings

N Singh, M Saini, S Anand, N Kumar… - … on Neural Systems …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robots have the potential to help provide exercise therapy in a repeatable and reproducible
manner for stroke survivors. To facilitate rehabilitation of the wrist and fingers joint, an …

[HTML][HTML] Estudio de la epidemiología neurológica en Colombia a partir de información administrativa (ESENCIA). Resultados preliminares 2015-2017

GD Pinilla-Monsalve, JP Vergara-Aguilar… - Revista de la …, 2021 - scielo.org.co
Introducción: Con la transición demográfica y epidemiológica, se espera que la prevalência
de las patologías neurológicas aumente. En particular, Colombia no dispone de indicadores …