Community ambulation of stroke survivors at 6 months follow-up: an observational study on sociodemographic and sub-acute clinical indicators.

CONCLUSIONS: The presence of risk factors and clinical complications delay significantly the walking ability restoration and return to social life. Such status consistently with the patient's compliance must not postpone the rehabilitation relatively, rehabilitation must be facilitated with targeted programs taking care particularly of people with negative indicators for recovery of community ambulation 6 months post-stroke. CLINICAL REHABILITATION IMPACT: Early indicators are considerable in order to predict a targeted prognosis and better provide a tailored rehabilitation program. PMID: 30543267 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - December 13, 2018 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Pornajaf S, Goffredo M, Agosti M, Massucci M, Ferro S, Franceschini M, Italian Study Group on Implementation of Stroke Care (ISC Study) Tags: Eur J Phys Rehabil Med Source Type: research