CVA

Examples

• All

• All participants were 18 years of age or older, with a primary diagnosis of CVA, and received similar follow-up treatment as determined by physicians (usually consisting of physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and regular physician visits).

  Academic text (2006)

• Among the CVA patients, there were two women and nine men with a mean age of 59.

  Academic text (1992)

• First, intensive rehabilitation is expensive, and limited financial resources exist to pay for therapy after a CVA.

  Academic text (2001)

• The WHO estimates that these cerebrovascular accidents (CVA), or strokes, account for the loss of 6.7 million lives per year.

  Academic text (2016)

• Thirty-three patients completing an inpatient physical rehabilitation program for CVA patients were randomly assigned to either the experimental or the control group upon discharge from the facility between September 2001 and June 2002.

  Academic text (2006)

• Upper-limb hemiparesis (ULH) after stroke (CVA) is one of the most prevalent diagnoses treated by therapists (1, 2).

  Academic text (2001)

• However, an effective CIT protocol would enable a large number of clinics to employ CIT with patients with CVA as part of a reimbursable therapy regimen without increasing patient attrition or compromising staffing.

  Academic text (2001)

• A CVA can lead to significant impairments, requiring patients to undergo extensive rehabilitation.

• After suffering a CVA, he experienced difficulty speaking and needed therapy to regain his skills.

• Many survivors of a CVA face challenges with mobility and require support to perform daily activities.

Synonyms

S

stroke

vsCVA

232 3.7

A sudden loss of movement, speech, or thinking when blood stops flowing to part of the brain

is the clinical description focusing on sudden loss of brain function

A

apoplexy

vsCVA

• Archaic

2 9.9

A sudden loss of consciousness from a stroke or extreme anger

is the modern clinical term focused on interrupted brain blood flow

C

cerebrovascular accident

vsCVA

• Specialized

1 5.8

A sudden event when blood flow to the brain stops and parts of the brain stop working, called a stroke

is a shorter clinical label for the same sudden brain blood flow loss

Surface Forms

Etymology