Case report about Vasa Concept on five chronic stroke or TBI patients
Tynkkynen, Mari (2022)
Tynkkynen, Mari
2022
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202302052050
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202302052050
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Abstract
Background: Chronic stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury are a global challenge. There is a need for rehabilitation options that combines the theoretical background of multidisciplinary rehabilitation sciences. This Case study is based on Vasa Concept, invented, and developed by Rajul Vasa, India. Vasa Concept combines physiological knowledge of the body functions to neuroscientific findings related to neuroplasticity and brain-derived behavior. It is a holistic approach to rehabilitate expected symptoms like spasticity, motor deficiency, abnormal synergic grouping, subluxation of shoulder, aphasia, and neuropsychological symptoms in patients with chronic stroke or TBI. Vasa Concept aims to reintroduce automatic control on local and global center of mass safety to paretic segments for which the self-organized brain will recover. Physical and cognitive recovery emerges as by-product.
Tasks & objectives: The objective in this case study is to obtain documented information on how the two years of Vasa Concept training influences on the upper limb strength and activity, balance, visual perception, and pre-walking skills with chronic stroke and traumatic brain injury patients.
Methods: This case study was based on five patients’ rehabilitation processes with Vasa Concept where quantitative measurements were used to describe the changes of these patients during to intervention of two years. The method included using of standardized tests, measuring upper limb strength and function, balance and visual perception test which were used and estimated regarding clinical relevance changes of baseline vs. outcome evaluations. Additionally, video observation analysis on pre-walking skills and interview was a part of evaluation methods.
Results: Cross Case synthesis indicates that Vasa Concept may improve balance and finger pinch strength and pre-walking skills.
Conclusion: This Case study provides a perspective that the plasticity of human neural network needs to be understood as a reciprocal information processor and rehabilitate stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury patients body as a one whole integrated unit; patient is not just a paralyzed arm or being a poor walker.
Keywords/tags (subjects): Vasa Concept, neurological rehabilitation, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, chronic stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI), neuroplasticity, spasticity, center of mass (CoM), proprioception, human neural network, case study
Background: Chronic stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury are a global challenge. There is a need for rehabilitation options that combines the theoretical background of multidisciplinary rehabilitation sciences. This Case study is based on Vasa Concept, invented, and developed by Rajul Vasa, India. Vasa Concept combines physiological knowledge of the body functions to neuroscientific findings related to neuroplasticity and brain-derived behavior. It is a holistic approach to rehabilitate expected symptoms like spasticity, motor deficiency, abnormal synergic grouping, subluxation of shoulder, aphasia, and neuropsychological symptoms in patients with chronic stroke or TBI. Vasa Concept aims to reintroduce automatic control on local and global center of mass safety to paretic segments for which the self-organized brain will recover. Physical and cognitive recovery emerges as by-product.
Tasks & objectives: The objective in this case study is to obtain documented information on how the two years of Vasa Concept training influences on the upper limb strength and activity, balance, visual perception, and pre-walking skills with chronic stroke and traumatic brain injury patients.
Methods: This case study was based on five patients’ rehabilitation processes with Vasa Concept where quantitative measurements were used to describe the changes of these patients during to intervention of two years. The method included using of standardized tests, measuring upper limb strength and function, balance and visual perception test which were used and estimated regarding clinical relevance changes of baseline vs. outcome evaluations. Additionally, video observation analysis on pre-walking skills and interview was a part of evaluation methods.
Results: Cross Case synthesis indicates that Vasa Concept may improve balance and finger pinch strength and pre-walking skills.
Conclusion: This Case study provides a perspective that the plasticity of human neural network needs to be understood as a reciprocal information processor and rehabilitate stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury patients body as a one whole integrated unit; patient is not just a paralyzed arm or being a poor walker.
Keywords/tags (subjects): Vasa Concept, neurological rehabilitation, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, chronic stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI), neuroplasticity, spasticity, center of mass (CoM), proprioception, human neural network, case study