Open AccessPredicting Response to Rehabilitation in Elderly Patients with Stroke Using the Orpington Prognostic Scale and Selected Clinical Variables
Author(s) -
Michael J Shoemaker,
Marianne Mullins-MacRitchie,
J.C. Bennett,
Kerri Vryhof,
Iris Boettcher
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of geriatric physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.185
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2152-0895
pISSN - 1539-8412
DOI - 10.1519/00139143-200608000-00005
Subject(s) - rehabilitation , functional independence measure , stroke (engine) , medicine , physical therapy , acute stroke , physical medicine and rehabilitation , mechanical engineering , tissue plasminogen activator , engineering
Prediction of outcome and response to rehabilitation in patients with stroke can be difficult, especially in the elderly. The purpose of this study was to determine the ability of the Orpington Prognostic Scale (OPS) to predict outcome and response to subacute rehabilitation in older patients with stroke.