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Currently there is a trend of standing on one leg to check the risk of stroke, is this trend correct? How can each person self-check for a stroke?
In fact, there are 2 causes of stroke :
Cardiac causes; Caused by the brain. Problems with other organ systems in the body will happen gradually. A normal healthy person suddenly collapses can be caused by the heart or the brain. Do not be too panic, worry because it is impossible to have a stroke if there are no health problems.
With the method of checking stroke by standing on one leg, many people are now communicating with each other. In fact, the trend of one-legged standing stroke screening has been around since ancient times, from qigong or yoga exercises.
In the American Journal of Stroke, published in 2014 by Japanese authors, the study on the ability to balance on one leg, the study surveyed over 1,400 patients with an average age of 67 years old with the aim The aim was to find an association between the ability to stand on one leg and participants' cognitive dysfunction and small vessel damage. Statistically, this study does not show a causal relationship between the ability to stand on one leg and damage to small blood vessels, or do those small vessel injuries cause stroke? Specifically, those who examined the 1-legged standing stroke for less than 20 seconds were associated with small vessel damage but did not indicate which was the cause and which was the consequence.
In essence, checking stroke with one leg standing, the ability to stand long or slow depends on the ability to keep balance, and the ability to keep balance depends on many factors such as exercise, body weight , the musculoskeletal system and the balance system of the nervous system such as the cerebellum, vestibule...
Considering that aspect, there is a high possibility of brain damage that makes people unable to stand 1 legs lasting more than 20 seconds. If you do a stroke check by standing on one leg and cannot stand for more than 20 seconds, you should not be too worried about the risk of stroke, you should see a doctor to find out the specific cause.
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