Intensity matters! In the fourth and final of a multi-part series on stroke, Dr. Michael Powers explores best current evidence in stroke interventions including task-oriented training, clinical practice guidelines to improve locomotor function, and clinical practice guidelines on the use of ankle foot orthoses and functional electrical stimulation. He highlights the importance of keeping intensity, salience, and repetitions high during stroke rehabilitation to drive neuroplasticity. He discusses the importance of emphasizing interventions at the participation and activity level, and how treatments which overly emphasize body function and structure are not consistent with the best current evidence nor the recommended approach to examination which was discussed last episode. He hopes that by the end of this episode you will start thinking of your patients as athletes who benefit from high intensity practice!
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