Adriana Bastos Conforto
A5009485488- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
- Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
- Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
- Muscle activation and electromyography studies
- Vestibular and auditory disorders
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
- Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
- Migraine and Headache Studies
- Motor Control and Adaptation
- Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction
- Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications
- Pain Management and Treatment
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Neurological disorders and treatments
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia and Thrombosis
- Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
Universidade de São Paulo
2015-2025
Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo
2016-2025
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
2016-2025
University of British Columbia
2024
Stanford University
2024
Simon Fraser University
2024
University of Southern California
2020-2024
Imaging Center
2023
Boston Medical Center
2021-2022
Boston University
2021-2022
Improving stroke services is critical for reducing the global burden. The World Stroke Organization-World Health Organization-Lancet Neurology Commission on conducted a survey of status in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) compared to high-income countries.Using validated Organization comprehensive questionnaire, we collected data along four pillars quadrangle (surveillance, prevention, acute stroke, rehabilitation) 84 across regions economic strata. also non-communicable diseases 194...
Abstract Accurate lesion segmentation is critical in stroke rehabilitation research for the quantification of burden and accurate image processing. Current automated methods T1-weighted (T1w) MRIs, commonly used research, lack accuracy reliability. Manual remains gold standard, but it time-consuming, subjective, requires neuroanatomical expertise. We previously released an open-source dataset T1w MRIs manually-segmented masks (ATLAS v1.2, N = 304) to encourage development better algorithms....
Abstract It has been proposed that the intact (ipsilateral) motor cortex play a significant role mediating recovery of function in paretic hand chronic stroke patients, but this hypothesis not tested experimentally. Here, we evaluated effects transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) on performance patients and healthy controls. We hypothesized that, if activity hemisphere contributes to functional recovery, TMS should result abnormal behavior hand. found resulted delayed simple reaction times...
Abstract It has been proposed that somatosensory input in the form of peripheral nerve stimulation can influence functional measures motor performance. We studied effects median on pinch muscle strength (a function mediated predominantly by innervated muscles) affected hand chronic stroke patients. A 2‐hour period elicited an increase outlasted period. The improvement correlated with stimulus intensity and was identified absence training. These results suggest may be a promising adjuvant to...
Balance problems in hemiparetic patients after stroke can be caused by different impairments the physiological systems involved postural control, including sensory afferents, movement strategies, biomechanical constraints, cognitive processing, and perception of verticality. disabilities must appropriately addressed. This article reviews most common balance abnormalities with main tools used to diagnose them.
Background. Previous works showed potentially beneficial effects of a single session peripheral nerve sensory stimulation (PSS) on motor function paretic hand in patients with subacute and chronic stroke. Objective. To investigate the influence use different stimulus intensities over multiple sessions (repetitive PSS [RPSS]) paired training. Methods. address this question, 22 were randomized within second month after hemispheric stroke parallel design to application 2-hour RPSS at 1 2...
Background High-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (rTMS-DLPFC) is an effective treatment for depression. Preliminary studies indicated beneficial effects rTMS-DLPFC on pain relief in patients treated depression, and with chronic migraine. Methods In this randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, single-center, proof-of-principle clinical trial, we tested hypothesis that 23 sessions active delivered over eight weeks would be...
Functional outcomes after stroke are strongly related to focal injury measures. However, the role of global brain health is less clear. In this study, we examined impact age, a measure neurobiological aging derived from whole-brain structural neuroimaging, on poststroke outcomes, with focus sensorimotor performance. We hypothesized that more lesion damage would result in older which turn be associated poorer outcomes. Related, expected age mediate relationship between and Finally,...
Decompressive neurosurgery is recommended for patients with cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) who have large parenchymal lesions and impending brain herniation. This recommendation based on limited evidence. We report long-term outcomes of CVT treated by decompressive in an international cohort.
To develop a simple prognostic model to predict outcome at 1 month after acute basilar artery occlusion (BAO) with readily available predictors.The Basilar Artery International Cooperation Study (BASICS) is prospective, observational, international registry of consecutive patients who presented an symptomatic and radiologically confirmed BAO. We considered predictors hospital admission in multivariable logistic regression models poor (modified Rankin Scale [mRS] score 4-5 or death) month....
The incidence of stroke is on the rise in young adults high-income countries. However, there a gap knowledge about trends from low- and middle-income We aimed to measure ischemic (IS) intracerebral hemorrhage (IH) people 2005 2015 Joinville, Brazil.We retrospectively ascertained all first-ever IS subtypes IH that occurred Joinville periods 2006, 2010 2011, 2014 2015. Poisson regression was used calculate rate ratios strokes, IS, IH. also compared prevalence risk factors extension diagnostic...
We aimed to assess cerebral autoregulation (CA) and neurovascular coupling (NVC) in stroke patients of differing severity comparing responses healthy controls explore the association between CA NVC with functional outcome. Patients admitted middle artery (MCA) were recruited. Stroke was defined by National Institutes Health Scale (NIHSS) scores: ≤4 mild, 5–15 moderate ≥16 severe. Transcranial Doppler ultrasound Finometer recorded MCA blood flow velocity (CBFv) pressure, respectively, over 5...
<h3>Background and Objectives</h3> Declines in stroke admission, IV thrombolysis (IVT), mechanical thrombectomy volumes were reported during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic. There is a paucity data on longer-term effect pandemic over course year through second We sought to measure admissions, intracranial hemorrhage (ICH), IVT, 1-year period at onset (March 1, 2020, February 28, 2021) compared with immediately preceding 2019, 29, 2020). <h3>Methods</h3> conducted longitudinal...
The Brazilian Practice Guidelines for Stroke Rehabilitation - Part II, developed by the Scientific Department of Neurological Academy Neurology (Academia Brasileira de Neurologia, in Portuguese), focuses on specific rehabilitation techniques to aid recovery from impairment and disability after stroke. As I, II is also based recently available evidence randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, other guidelines. covers disorders communication, dysphagia, postural control...