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Graduate School<font style="font-weight: bold;" size="5"><font style="text-decoration: underline;" size="3">At 2007 nat’l stroke research tilt</font><br>Paper on mental practice for stroke patients bags 2nd
A PAPER on mental practice as a form in improving balance in acute stroke patients by a physical therapist instructor of the College of Health Sciences won second place in the 5th Stroke Society of the Philippines (SSP)-Sanofi Aventis Stroke Research Contest held Aug. 16-18 in SBMA, Olongapo City, Zambales.
Baldhomero L. Ranjo II, also the chief physiotherapist of the MMSU Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Center, made a series of single-system studies and found that mental practice has, at least, a positive effect on motor performance of persons who just suffered stroke (i.e., those who have no sensory, balance, cognitive, and communication deficits). Mental practice is a form of rehearsal done through cognitive visual-kinesthetic imagery of a task in the absence of overt physical movement.
Ranjo also presented empirical evidence that supports the inclusion of mental practice to the list of active interventions that may be used during acute stroke rehabilitation.
According to him, rehabilitation services for stroke survivors are increasingly constrained by cost concerns which pressure the early discharge of individuals from acute rehabilitation when recovery is not yet stabilized. It is at this time, Ranjo said, that the patient’s time should be capitalized on to emphasize the importance of providing care to promote independence and the optimal use of time outside therapy sessions, either in an in-patient or home health setting. This, he said, merits the significance of mental practice as adjunct intervention in the physiotherapy management of balance impairments of acute stroke patients.
The study, which is Ranjo’s master’s thesis at the University of Santo Tomas-University of South Australia in 2005, was the first ever entry under the medicine/physical therapy category in the five-year existence of the research competition. Ranjo received P30,000 in cash prize for his winning paper.
Aside from the competition, updates on clinical management of cerebro-vascular accident or stroke were also made during the three-day conference attended by more than 500 stroke practitioners and students from all over the country.
Baldhomero L. Ranjo II, also the chief physiotherapist of the MMSU Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Center, made a series of single-system studies and found that mental practice has, at least, a positive effect on motor performance of persons who just suffered stroke (i.e., those who have no sensory, balance, cognitive, and communication deficits). Mental practice is a form of rehearsal done through cognitive visual-kinesthetic imagery of a task in the absence of overt physical movement.
Ranjo also presented empirical evidence that supports the inclusion of mental practice to the list of active interventions that may be used during acute stroke rehabilitation.
According to him, rehabilitation services for stroke survivors are increasingly constrained by cost concerns which pressure the early discharge of individuals from acute rehabilitation when recovery is not yet stabilized. It is at this time, Ranjo said, that the patient’s time should be capitalized on to emphasize the importance of providing care to promote independence and the optimal use of time outside therapy sessions, either in an in-patient or home health setting. This, he said, merits the significance of mental practice as adjunct intervention in the physiotherapy management of balance impairments of acute stroke patients.
The study, which is Ranjo’s master’s thesis at the University of Santo Tomas-University of South Australia in 2005, was the first ever entry under the medicine/physical therapy category in the five-year existence of the research competition. Ranjo received P30,000 in cash prize for his winning paper.
Aside from the competition, updates on clinical management of cerebro-vascular accident or stroke were also made during the three-day conference attended by more than 500 stroke practitioners and students from all over the country.
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