Open AccessBody Weight After Stroke
Author(s) -
Nadja Scherbakov,
Ulrich Dirnagl,
Wolfram Doehner
Publication year - 2011
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/strokeaha.111.619163
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , overweight , wasting , cachexia , obesity , rehabilitation , physical therapy , weight loss , intensive care medicine , sarcopenia , pathophysiology , cancer , mechanical engineering , engineering
Outcome after acute stroke is determined to a large extent by poststroke complications. Nutritional status and metabolic balance may substantially contribute to outcome after stroke. Key mechanisms of stroke pathophysiology can induce systemic catabolic imbalance with impaired metabolic efficiency and degradation of body tissues.
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