Rehabilitation
Following a stroke many people experience both physical and mental difficulties. The Stroke Association funds research into stroke rehabilitation, aimed at identifying ways in which a stroke patient’s independence and quality of life may be improved.
Carers and Patients
Identifying ways in which the well being of stroke patients and their carers might be improved, as well as the interaction between patients and carers.
Evaluation of a new conversation-focused therapy for agrammatism
Clinical Psychology
Investigates how drugs, including their properties and effects, might be used to prevent and treat stroke.
Trial to investigate the effect of behaviour therapy to treat low mood in people with aphasia after stroke
Assessing depression in the first weeks after stroke and its effects on recovery
Assessing attention and action after stroke
Imaging
Improving our understanding of the cause and effect of stroke by using imaging techniques that produce pictures of the inside of the brain.
Measuring brain activity during object naming following stroke
Testing the brain’s ability to adapt to new tasks after stroke
Neurorehabilitation
Exploring techniques in which the brain and nervous system may be rehabilitated after stroke, so that partial or total function is restored.
Enhancing communication in aphasia through gesture
Enhancing arm recovery following stroke by mental imagery
Movement therapy to help regain leg movement following stroke
The use of a lycra sleeve to maximise hand function in people recovering from a stroke
Assessing a brain stimulating technique to reduce swallowing problems after stroke
A pilot study assessing the use of stem cells to enhance recovery following stroke
Therapy to enhance arm and hand recovery following stroke
Electrical stimulation therapy for arm recovery after stroke
Quality of life and communication
Investigating how stroke patients’ level of independence, comfort, enjoyment, and ability to pursue daily activities can be improved.
Estimating the long term needs and developing service models for people with stroke in working age
Prism goggles as a treatment for stroke patients unable to attend to one side of the body
The assessment of depression in stroke patients with communication problems
Assessing speech and language therapies for stroke patients
Evaluating a virtual environment to encourage stroke patients to make a hot drink
Developing a treatment for stroke patients with word-finding difficulties
