Trial reportJournal of evidence-based integrative medicine
Mindfulness Meditation Effects on Poststroke Spasticity: A Feasibility Study.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A rapid realist review of clinical neuropsychology rehabilitation programmes to improve psychological wellbeing and quality of life for people with acquired brain injuries.Neuropsychological rehabilitation · 2024Pooled it
- Feasibility, Acceptability, and Efficacy of Mindfulness Training in People With Upper Motor Neuron Disorders: A Systematic Review.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2022Pooled it
- Feasibility of a meditation intervention for stroke survivors and informal caregivers: a randomized controlled trial.BMC psychology · 2023Trial
- A short-term mindfulness and auricular acupressure program for preoperative sleep fragmentation in patients with spinal metastases: a retrospective quasi-experimental study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Impact of Brief Mindfulness Intervention on Emotions, Sleep and Quality of Life in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Prospective Study.Neurology and therapy · 2025Article
- A Bibliometric Analysis of Research Trends in Psychological Interventions for Stroke Survivors: Focusing on Resilience and Psychological Well-Being (2000-2024).Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Review
- Early Rehabilitation Exercise after Stroke Improves Neurological Recovery through Enhancing Angiogenesis in Patients and Cerebral Ischemia Rat Model.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Meditative and Mindfulness-Focused Interventions in Neurology: Principles, Science, and Patient Selection.Seminars in neurology · 2022Article
- Living the Full Catastrophe: A Mindfulness-Based Program to Support Recovery from Stroke.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Study Protocol for the Evaluation of Individual Psychological Interventions for Family Caregivers of Advanced Cancer Patients.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
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Abstract
This study examined the feasibility of an adapted 2-week mindfulness meditation protocol for chronic stroke survivors. In addition, preliminary effects of this adapted intervention on spasticity and quality of life in individuals after stroke were explored. Ten chronic stroke survivors with spasticity listened to 2 weeks of short mindfulness meditation recordings, adapted from Jon Kabat-Zinn's Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course, in a pre/post repeated measures design. Measures of spasticity, quality of life, mindfulness, and anxiety, along with qualitative data from participants' daily journals, were assessed. On average, participants reported meditating 12.5 days of the full 15 days (mean 12.5 days, SD 0.94, range 8-15 days). Seven of the 10 participants wrote comments in their journals. In addition, there were no adverse effects due to the intervention. Exploratory preliminary analyses also showed statistically significant improvements in spasticity in both the elbow (
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