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Stroke rehabilitation outcome. A potential use of predictive variables to establish levels of care.

Author(s) -

Michael P. Alexander

Publication year - 1994

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/01.str.25.1.128

Subject(s) - medicine , rehabilitation , stroke (engine) , physical therapy , population , cerebral infarction , activities of daily living , emergency medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , mechanical engineering , environmental health , ischemia , engineering

The most powerful predictors of functional recovery and eventual home discharge among stroke survivors are the initial severity of the stroke and the patient's age. We analyzed a large population of stroke rehabilitation admissions by stratifying subgroups with coherent outcomes in an attempt to define potentially more efficient patterns of providing rehabilitation care.

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