The aim of this study was to assess the possibility of using scales for measuring cognitive and physical functions for a prognosis of care outcomes in elderly patients. METHODOLOGY The survey was carried out in one of the Vilnius City Hospitals for Nursing and Support Treatment. A total number of 177 respondents were involved in the study. The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), The Barthel...

We set out to determine if rehabilitation variables predicted the motor and functional outcomes of stroke patients. Using the Modified Motor Assessment Scale (motor status) and the Barthel Index (functional status), we tested 50 stroke patients less than or equal to 3 days, 1 week, and 1 month after their stroke and at discharge from the hospital. Both measures are reliable and valid. We used t...

[Purpose] The aim of this study was to describe the importance of patient-related factors in rehabilitation. We focused on the type A behavior pattern. If individuals with the type A behavior pattern have better compliance, they would have a shorter length of hospital stay than those with non-type A behavior. We compared the length of stay of patients with the type A behavior pattern with that ...

OBJECTIVES to evaluate the effect of a care home rehabilitation service on institutionalisation, health outcomes and service use. DESIGN randomised controlled trial, stratified by Barthel ADL index, social service sector and whether living alone. The intervention was a rehabilitation service based in Social Services old people's homes in Nottingham, UK. The control group received usual health...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The value of acute cerebral blood flow measurements in stroke prognosis is controversial. No previous study has determined whether acute perfusion deficits independently add to a validated clinical prognostic score. We aimed to compare the value of acute hypoperfusion deficits with a quantitative clinical score in stroke prognosis and to correlate the changes in perfusion...

[Purpose] The aim of this study was to determine which is better in the rehabilitation of stroke patients, core stability exercises or conventional exercises. [Subjects and Methods] Forty participants with hemiplegia were recruited in the Department of Neurology of Yidu Central Hospital of Weifang between January 2014 and February 2015 and randomly divided into either an experimental or control...

This cross-sectional observational study investigated the relationship between the level of activities of daily living (ADL) and asteatosis in the lower legs among elderly residents. We enrolled 173 residents from a long-term care health facility and two special nursing homes for elderly persons in the Tokyo metropolitan area and Oshima Island, Japan. The level of ADL was measured by the Barthe...

PURPOSE Hemiplegia is a paralysis on one side of the body resulting from disease or injury to the motor centers of the brain that may lead to difficulty in walking and problems in balance. A new methodology for hemiplegia gait patterns classification based on bicluster analysis, which aims to identify a group of patients with similar gait patterns, and verify if spatial-temporal gait parameters...

BACKGROUND Home modification for stroke victims is often necessary to prevent falls and enable them to have a better quality of life. Up-to-date relationship between personal factors and home modifications in post-stroke patients has not been investigated. OBJECTIVE To identify significant personal factors influencing the requirement for home modification in post-stroke patients. STUDY DESI...

AIM To determine patients' functional independence, diagnostic groups, duration of hospital stay, and modality of payment of rehabilitation in major special hospitals for rheumatology and medical rehabilitation on the Croatian seaside. METHODS In a cross-sectional study conducted from October 2006 until January 2009, we surveyed 400 patients treated at 3 special hospitals for medical rehabili...