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Cognition - Understanding of information, making sense of it and decision making.

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​​Dysphasia - Difficulties with speech, can be receptive (understanding) or expressive (producing) of speech.

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Dysphagia - Difficulties with swallowing mechanism, can result in becoming nil by mouth or thickened fluids and altered diet.

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Vision (Hemionopia) - A loss of half of the visual field

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Spatial Neglect - A loss of awarness of half of the body or environment around you.

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Weakness - Reduced movement abilities and holding of postures e.g sitting and walking

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Altered Tone - The readiness of a muscle and its response to passive stretch.

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Sensation - Potentaily reduced ability to feel objects, pain or heat. If increased then may result in enhanced interpreting of routine stimuli.

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Proprioception - Ability to know where body parts are without looking at them. Can cause increased risk of injury, falls and anxiety around tasks.

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Coordination - production of smooth movements in activites of daily living.

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Pain - Is an abnormal finding following stroke and it common at the shoulder following poor positioning.

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Altered mental health - Sudden life changing symptoms can increase anxiety levels, depression and suicidal thoughts.

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