Letter by Langhorne and Stott regarding article, "Very early mobilization after stroke fast-tracks return to walking: further results from the phase II AVERT randomized controlled trial".
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Very early mobilization after stroke fast-tracks return to walking: further results from the phase II AVERT randomized controlled trial.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE regaining functional independence is an important goal for people who have experienced stroke. We hypothesized that introducing earlier and more intensive out-of-bed activity after stroke would reduce time to unassisted walking and improve independence in activities of daily living. METHODS a Very Early Rehabilitation Trial (AVERT) was a phase II randomized controlled t...
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Very early mobilization (VEM) is a distinctive characteristic of care in some stroke units; however, evidence of the effectiveness of this approach is limited. To date, only 2 phase II trials have compared VEM with standard care: A Very Early Rehabilitation Trial (AVERT) in Australia and the recently completed Very Early Rehabilitation or Intensive Telemetry after Stroke ...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Stroke
دوره 42 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011