Aug 01 2024 30 mins
Professor Gail Robinson has developed a new diagnostic tool to assess cognitive function in post-stroke patients called The Brief Executive Language Screening Test (BELS). This brief 20-minute test, can predict how much a stroke patient will recover to function independently in their first year.
In this informative podcast, Professor Robinson discusses:
- Stroke symptoms and causes
- Warning signs of a stroke
- The window that the BELS test can be taken to best inform recovery
- The typical clinical pathway of a stroke patient
- Lifestyle factors that can cause a stroke