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| Peter G. Levine Stronger After Stroke Blog |
Interesting work here by my colleague Stephen J. Page.
It seems like in "no-brainer." The more brain destroyed by the stroke, the greater the disability. Right? Except that when it comes to arm and hand movement, that may not be true."Historically, lesion size been thought to influence recovery, but we didn't find that to be the case when looking at regaining arm and hand movement," Steve put it.
There is no way to stare at your brain scan and A.) know what the deficit is gonna be B.) know how profound any deficit will be C.) predict recovery.
(Find the published article here)
One other note: I've always disliked the term "massive stroke." Most doctors, and therefore survivors, claim that any stroke is a massive stroke. I've heard the claim that the word massive means "likely fatal." But if that is true then it has nothing to do with the mass (size) of the infarct. Thus, the word massive is meaningless. It is a superlative to add when the word "stroke" is somehow not enough.
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