Does upper limb strength play a prominent role in health-related quality of life in stroke patients discharged from inpatient rehabilitation?

Conclusions: These findings highlight the importance of upper limb strength in HRQoL, as HRQoL is associated with improvement in upper limb strength recovery. Better monitoring of recovery and treatment of upper limb strength during the outpatient rehabilitation period and beyond, i.e. outside the typical time-window of recovery in the first 3 months post-stroke, might contribute to higher quality of life for stroke survivors. PMID: 32148183 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research