title: 'A man paints with his brains and not with his hands' (Michelangelo).
abstract: The goals of a post-stroke rehabilitation plan are very specific to each patient. The side of the body affected by hemiplegia can influence the rehabilitation plan, as people with right-sided hemiplegia may also have difficulties with speech and language (aphasia). Because of the aphasia, drawing may remain a crucial instrument of creative expression and the clinical case presented highlights how this goal may also be successfully achieved in the elderly by using the left hand.
authors.affiliation: Central Lancashire Primary Care Trust, NHS, The Health Centre, Tarleton, UK.
authors.forename: Edoardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cervoni
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001039:Aphasia, Broca / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001155:Art Therapy; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010151:Paintings; D020521:Stroke / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000532:radiotherapy