Long-term disability after lacunar stroke: Secondary prevention of small subcortical strokes

Conclusions:
In lacunar stroke patients, older age was associated with worsening long-term disability, even without recurrence. Worse long-term function was associated with diabetes, cognitive status, and prior stroke, and regional differences may be attributable to variations in health care delivery or scale interpretation.

Source: Neurology - March 9, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Dhamoon, M. S., McClure, L. A., White, C. L., Lakshminarayan, K., Benavente, O. R., Elkind, M. S. V., On behalf of the SPS3 Investigators Tags: All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke, All Rehabilitation, All epidemiology ARTICLE Source Type: research