Per Wester

Health-related quality of life following lower-extremity constraint-induced movement therapy after stroke: an intervention study

Therése Brändström, Annika Sefastsson, Håkan Littbrand, Per Wester et autres

Introduction The aim of this study was to explore potential effects of lower extremity Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (LE-CIMT) on Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) after stroke, and the possible influence of descriptive characteristics. Materials and methods Twenty men and 10 women (median …

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Associations between carotid macrovascular and retinal microvascular alterations in diabetes: Evidence synthesis and implications for risk assessment

Gentian Bajraktari, Fisnik Jashari, Per Wester, Dren Boshnjaku et autres

Diabetes mellitus is characterized by progressive vascular injury affecting both the microcirculation and large arteries. Diabetic retinopathy is a major microvascular complication and has been associated in observational studies with several carotid vascular phenotypes, including increased carotid intima-media thickness, focal plaque burden, …

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Decision-Making About Trial Participation After Stroke: A Qualitative Study of Informed Consent Embedded in the EFFECTS Trial

Eva Isaksson, Ann Charlotte Laska, Maria Flink, Per Näsman et autres

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Differential Incidence of Ipsilateral Ischemic Stroke in patients with Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis

Kimberley Hammar, Ann Charlotte Laska, Per Wester, Kevin Mani et autres

Objective To investigate incidences of ipsilateral ischemic stroke (IS) and other outcomes for medically and surgically treated asymptomatic carotid stenosis (ACS). Design Observational, nationwide cohort study. Methods The Swedish vascular registry (Swedvasc) was used to identify patients undergoing carotid intervention, who had …

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Dysphagia Evaluation after Stroke through Intervention with oral neuromuscular training for REhabilitation of swallowing dysfunction (DESIRE): study protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial

Patricia Hägglund, Liza Bergström, Johanna Forsgren, Thorbjörn Holmlund et autres

BACKGROUND: Stroke affects over 1 million people in Europe and 25,000 in Sweden annually, with high mortality and disability rates. Dysphagia, a common post-stroke issue, occurs in over 50% of patients in the acute phase. Evidence-based studies are lacking on rehabilitative interventions …

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