case Pewsentation #27

2021-12-04 12:41:13
case Pewsentation #27

The patient is a 75 year old man in good health. He quit smoking over 20 years ago and has no known risk factor for stroke. He was taking his family to fast food restaurant for lunch. After two hours he had a sudden onset of right facial droop, right arm weakness, and difficulty speaking. In ER he was diagnosed as left sided ischemic stroke. After discharge from hospital, he returned to receive physiotherapy for his hemiparesis. After eight weeks VR rehabilitation (three times a week) with Recovery Tech serious game named 'The clock and balls' his motor function improved significantly and his face appearance returned to normal as well. After that he returned to almost normal life and was able to do activities of daily life independently.

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He was taking his family to fast food restaurant for lunch. After two hours he had a sudden onset of right facial droop, right arm weakness