Nutrição e a Reabilitação Neurológica – Artigo 3
Nutritional Supplementation in Stroke Rehabilitation: A Narrative Review
ABSTRACT
Malnutrition is associated with increased mortality and poor functional recovery after stroke. Most guidelines for stroke rehabilitation strongly recommend nutritional screening for malnutrition. Nutritional status after stroke is related to long-term outcomes, and nutritional supplementation is recommended for stroke patients with malnutrition and those at risk of malnutrition. However, routine nutritional supplementation in stroke patients, regardless of nutritional status, is not correlated with improved ...
Nutrição e a Reabilitação Neurológica – Artigo 2
Nutritional Supplements and Neuroprotective Diets and Their Potential Clinical Significance in Post-Stroke Rehabilitation
Abstract: Nutrition and rehabilitation are crucial in post-stroke recovery, especially in the elderly. Since stroke is the leading cause of long-term disability, there is a need to promote special, individually tailored nutrition strategies targeting older patients with low motor ability. Chronic stroke survivors have higher risk of developing nutrition-related chronic diseases, such as sarcopenia, anemia, type 2 diabetes mellitus and osteoporosis. Moreover, reduced ...
Nutrição e a Reabilitação Neurológica – Artigo 1
The Importance of Nutrition in Neurological Disorders and Nutrition Assessment Methods
ABSTRACT
Neurological disorders can change patients’ nutritional status by directly or indirectly affecting dietary intake through mechanisms such as dysphagia, movement disorders, cognitive impairment, and depression. Malnutrition contributes to complications, resulting in delayed rehabilitation and increased morbidity and mortality. It is important to prevent malnutrition in patients with neurological disorders and to improve their nutritional status by identifying nutritional deterioration at an ...
