Decrease in post-stroke spasticity and shoulder pain prevalence over the last 15 years

Conclusions Disabling spasticity and shoulder pain frequency in recent post-stroke patients decreased over the last 15 years, and functional abilities both at admission and discharge improved. Confirmation of these results in a multicentric study may be important evidence of an improvement in stroke healthcare both in stroke and physical and rehabilitation medicine units in the last 10 years in France and could affect future estimations of the need for rehabilitation care after stroke.
Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - Category: Rehabilitation Source Type: research