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Images in Neurorehabilitation

Simplicity-Tenacity in Stroke Rehabilitation
James R. Carey, PhD, PT1

Neurorehabilitation and
Neural Repair
2016, Vol. 30(2) 182­
© The Author(s) 2015
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DOI: 10.1177/1545968315624786
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This photograph, taken in 2012, shows a person with left
hemiplegia from stroke practicing ambulation at his home
in the African country of Niger. With no rehabilitation services available, he intuitively realized the importance of
repetitive movement. With his son’s help, they fashioned a
set of quasi-parallel bars, which he had never seen, out of 2
clotheslines tightly anchored to trees and he used these to
repeatedly walk back and forth in his yard to gain more
mobility.
We must not forsake the value of simplicity in effort and
tenacity in spirit.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Corresponding Author:
James R. Carey, Program in Physical Therapy and Graduate Program
in Rehabilitation Science, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St SE,
Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Email: carey007@umn.edu