Glossary of Terms
Rehabilitation Compliance: The degree to which patients adhere to prescribed therapy regimens, including frequency, duration, and proper execution of therapeutic activities.High compliance is associated with improved outcomes and is influenced by factors such as ease of use, clear instructions, motivational elements, and the integration of therapy into daily routines.
Hospital-to-Home Recovery: A care model that creates a continuous rehabilitation journey from initial hospital treatment through long-term recovery at home. This approach ensures therapeutic consistency across different care settings by using compatible technologies, coordinated protocols, and ongoing communication between facility-based and home-based care teams.
Seamless Home Integration: The smooth incorporation of therapeutic devices or systems into a patient’s home routine, making recovery easy and accessible, typically through user-friendly interfaces, simplified setup procedures, and adaptable equipment.
Virtual Care Stroke Platform: An integrated digital system designed specifically for stroke recovery that combines therapy delivery, progress monitoring, and communication tools within a user-friendly interface. These platforms enable patients to follow prescribed therapy regimens while allowing clinicians to remotely assess progress, adjust treatment parameters, and provide timely feedback.
Virtual Stroke Care: A comprehensive approach to stroke rehabilitation that leverages digital technologies to deliver therapeutic interventions, clinical assessments, and professional guidance without requiring in-person contact. This model utilizes telehealth consultations, remote monitoring, and digital therapy tools to provide continuous care while reducing travel burden for patients.
Hemiplegia: Complete paralysis of one side of the body, usually resulting from a stroke or other brain injury.
Hemiparesis: Weakness or difficulties to move on one side of the body caused by damage to the brain, commonly after a stroke.
Stroke Paralysis: Loss of movement or weakness in part of the body due to braindamage from a stroke, often affecting one side.
Stroke Rehabilitation: A structured program of therapy and support designed to help stroke survivors regain physical, cognitive, and emotional abilities.
Stroke Recovery Stages: The phases of healing after a stroke, typically including acute care, rehabilitation, and long-term recovery, as the brain and body gradually regain function.
Silent Stroke: A stroke that causes brain damage without noticeable symptoms, often discovered later through brain imaging.
Massive Stroke: A severe stroke that results in substantial brain damage, often resulting in significant, long-term disability or life-threatening complications.
Mild Stroke: A mild stroke, often referred to as a transient ischemic attack (TIA) ormini-stroke, is a temporary disruption of blood flow to the brain. It causes short-termstroke-like symptoms but does not result in permanent brain damage.
Ischemic Stroke: A stroke caused by a blockage in a vessel that supplies blood to the brain, leading to reduced blood flow and oxygen.
Activities of Daily Living (ADLs): Everyday tasks such as eating, dressing, bathing, andwalking that are essential for independent living.
Cognitive Rehabilitation: Therapeutic interventions to improve skills like memory,attention, and problem-solving after a brain injury.
Brain Recovery After Stroke: The healing and adaptive processes the brain undergoes to restore function following a stroke.
Brain Plasticity (Neuroplasticity): The brain’s ability to reorganize and form new connections, especially after injury such as a stroke.
Stroke Recovery Exercises: Specific exercises designed to improve mobility, strength, balance, and function during stroke rehabilitation.
Post-Stroke Physical Therapy: Targeted physical rehabilitation aimed at restoring movement, strength, balance and coordination after a stroke.
Right Side Stroke Recovery: Rehabilitation after a stroke on the right side of the brain, typically involving challenges with spatial awareness, attention, neglect, and weakness or paralysis on the left side of the body.
Left Side Stroke Recovery: Rehabilitation focused on regaining function after a stroke that affected the left side of the brain, often impacting speech, language, and paralysis or numbness on the right side of the body.
Cloud-Connected Therapy Platform: A digital ecosystem that stores and processes data in secure cloud environments, enabling seamless sharing of information between patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers. These platforms support remote monitoring, therapy adjustments, and progress tracking while maintaining data security and accessibility.
Remote Stroke Rehabilitation: Therapeutic approaches that enable stroke survivors to receive specialized care while physically distant from their healthcare providers. These systems typically incorporate telehealth components, digital monitoring tools, and virtual care platforms to maintain clinical oversight while reducing the need for in-person visits.
Home-Based Stroke Therapy: Interventions specifically designed to be administered in the patient's home environment rather than a clinical setting. These therapies utilize portable equipment and remote monitoring capabilities to ensure safety and effectiveness outside traditional healthcare facilities.
Smart Stroke Recovery: An approach to stroke rehabilitation that incorporates digital technologies, artificial intelligence, and data analytics to create adaptive, personalized recovery programs. Smart recovery systems collect and analyze performance data to track progress, optimize therapeutic parameters, and provide insights to both patients and healthcare providers.
Autonomous Therapy Delivery: Therapy powered by smart technology, enabling patients to complete sessions independently, anytime, anywhere. These systems incorporate automated adjustments and user-friendly interfaces to enable independent use.
Electromagnetic Field Therapy: A noninvasive treatment that uses low intensity and low frequency electromagnetic fields to stimulate cellular activity, support brain function, and promote recovery—often used in neurological rehabilitation, including stroke therapy.
Noninvasive Therapy: Treatment methods that do not require surgery or penetration of the skin or body cavities, or internal device implantation. These therapies deliver therapeutic effects from outside the body, eliminating risks associated with invasive procedures.
Wearable Stroke Therapy: Portable, body-worn medical devices designed to deliver therapeutic interventions for stroke recovery. These systems typically include components that can be comfortably worn on the body, allowing for therapy to be administered in various settings without restricting movement or daily activities.
Neuromodulation: The process of altering nerve activity through targeted delivery of a stimulus, such as electromagnetic fields, to specific neurological sites in the body. In stroke recovery, neuromodulation aims to facilitate neuroplasticity and enhance the brain's natural healing mechanisms by influencing neural network activity.
AI-Driven Precision Therapeutics: Treatment approaches that use artificial intelligence to analyze patient-specific data and create customized therapy protocols. These systems use AI to identify optimal treatment parameters based on individual profiles and continuously adapt therapy as recovery progresses.
AI-Powered Medical Devices: Medical technologies that utilize artificial intelligence to
analyze data, adapt to patient needs, and deliver personalized therapeutic interventions.These devices use AI to process complex information and optimize treatmentparameters.