Clinical value of precise rehabilitation nursing in management of cerebral infarction
Ya-Na Xu, Xiao-Rong Zhang, Department of Neurology, Wuhan Fourth Hospital, Wuhan 430030, Hubei Province, China
Xiu-Zhen Wang, Department of Neurosurgery, The First People's Hospital of Jiangxia District, Wuhan City (Union Jiangnan Hospital of Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Wuhan 430200, Hubei Province, China
Co-first authors: Ya-Na Xu and Xiu-Zhen Wang.
Author contributions: Xu YN and Wang XZ designed the research; Zhang XR, Xu YN, and Wang XZ contributed new reagents/analytic tools; Zhang XR, Yana Xu, and Wang XZ analyzed the data; Xu YN and Wang XZ wrote the paper; all authors were involved in the critical review of the results and have contributed to, read, and approved the final manuscript. Xu YN and Wang XZ contributed equally to this work as co-first authors. The reasons for designating Xu YN and Wang XZ as co-first authors are threefold. First, the research was performed as a collaborative effort, and the designation of co-corresponding authorship accurately reflects the distribution of responsibilities and burdens associated with the time and effort required to complete the study and the resultant paper. This also ensures effective communication and management of post-submission matters, ultimately enhancing the paper's quality and reliability. Second, the overall research team encompassed authors with various expertise and skills from different fields, and the designation of co-first authors best reflects this diversity. This also promotes the most comprehensive and in-depth examination of the research topic, ultimately enriching readers' understanding by offering various expert perspectives. Third, Xu YN and Wang XZ contributed efforts of equal substance throughout the research process. The choice of these researchers as co-first authors acknowledges and respects this equal contribution while recognizing the spirit of teamwork and collaboration in this study. In summary, we believe that designating Xu YN and Wang XZ as co-first authors is fitting for our manuscript as it accurately reflects our team's collaborative spirit, equal contributions, and diversity.
Institutional review board statement: The study protocol was approved by Wuhan Fourth Hospital, and all the families have voluntarily participated in the study and have signed informed consent forms.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflict of interest for this paper.
Data sharing statement: Data generated from this investigation are available upon reasonable request from the corresponding author.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed by the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, and the use is non-commercial. See:
https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Corresponding author: Xiao-Rong Zhang, MM, Chief Nurse, Department of Neurology, Wuhan Fourth Hospital, No. 473 Hanzheng Street, Qiaokou District, Wuhan 430030, Hubei Province, China. zhangxiaorong136@163.com
Received: October 30, 2023
Peer-review started: October 30, 2023
First decision: November 8, 2023
Revised: November 30, 2023
Accepted: December 15, 2023
Article in press: December 15, 2023
Published online: January 6, 2024
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