Recent Advances in Clinical Nutrition in Stroke Rehabilitation

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Biology, life sciences; Research and information: general; activity of daily living; aggressive rehabilitation nutrition; body weight; body weight gain; Charlson Comorbidity Index; convalescent rehabilitation; Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Quality; diffusion kurtosis imaging; diffusion tensor imaging; disability; energy intake; frailty; functional recovery; health literacy; health-related behaviors; hemodialysis; home-discharge; International Classification of Diseases; international physical activity questionnaire; l-carnitine; malnutrition; malnutrition risks; muscle volume; n/a; neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging; nutritional management; nutritional status; prognostic factor; SARC-F score; sarcopenia; skeletal muscle mass; skeletal muscle mass gain; stored energy; stroke; stroke patient; temporal muscle thickness; vascular dementia; Vietnam; World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule II
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 Stroke is a common cause of death and disability worldwide. Malnutrition is prevalent in stroke rehabilitation patients, and has serious negative effects on outcomes. In addition, there is growing interest in new concepts related to malnutrition, such as sarcopenia, frailty, cachexia, chronic inflammation, dysphagia, and oral problems, all of which contribute to a poor prognosis. Therefore, it is necessary to assess nutritional status early and, if needed, provide appropriate nutritional interventions to improve patient outcomes. A multidisciplinary approach is strongly recommended in this setting; as such, high-quality clinical evidence regarding clinical nutrition in stroke rehabilitation is needed. This reprint updates our knowledge of clinical nutrition for stroke patients and includes interesting studies on topics including nutrition and weight management in the early stages of stroke, the relationship between frailty and improved physical function, weight gain by providing stored energy, physical activity and diet quality, L-carnitine and cognitive levels, and the prediction of stroke prognosis using temporal muscles. The Guest Editor hopes that this reprint will help provide clinicians with up-to-date knowledge of nutritional management in stroke rehabilitation.