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Stroke: Impact on Life and Daily Function

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The experience of having a stroke involves changes to many activities in social, leisure and work life, and the way we interact with the world. The purpose of this chapter is to describe the changes in mind-body interactionthat affect people who have experienced a stroke. We will explain health strategies important after stroke, and describe specific mind-body problems that affect daily life: issues with movement and mobility, problems perceiving and moving in the 3-D world, problems with sensation, self-awareness, and pain. We also discuss mind-body problems with mood and emotion, social function, concentration and memory problems, and communication disorder (aphasia) and fatigue. We end the chapter describing important steps in returning to the community for stroke survivors and their families, and cultural issues.

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The authors were funded in this work by the Kessler Foundation, the National Institutes of Health (PI: Barrett, K24 HD062647), and the Wallerstein Foundation for Geriatric Improvement. We are grateful to the many stroke survivors who shared their experiences of stroke recovery with us between 2004 and the present, helping us to include both personally and professionally relevant information in this chapter.

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    Cristin McKenna M.D. & A. M. Barrett M.D.

  2. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA

    Cristin McKenna M.D., Peii Chen Ph.D. & A. M. Barrett M.D.

  3. Kessler Foundation, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, East Hanover, NJ, 07052, USA

    Peii Chen Ph.D. & A. M. Barrett M.D.

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McKenna, C., Chen, P., Barrett, A.M. (2017). Stroke: Impact on Life and Daily Function. In: Chiaravalloti, N., Goverover, Y. (eds) Changes in the Brain. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-98188-8_5

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