Case Presentation #31
A 66-year-old woman presented to the hospital with signs of left-sided weakness. The patient had a background of atrial fibrillation and had one previous TIA producing transient left-sided haemiparesis, which had completely resolved. The patient did have a prior admission 2 weeks earlier with shortness of breath. A CT scan of her brain illustrated an ill-defined hypodensity in the right frontal lobe medially. This was highly likely to represent acute anterior cerebral artery territory infarction. Furthermore an oval low-density area in the right cerebellar hemisphere, that was also suspicious of an acute infarction. She went to the stroke rehabilitation center after discharge where combination therapy program (conventional rehabilitation combined with virtual reality rehabilitation) was planned for her. This program included Recovery Tech VR game based rehabilitation to improve motor function in affected upper extremity. At 9 weeks, the patient was nearly back to normal life and was able to do activities of daily living independently.