Cognitive abilities have great impact on rehabilitation program in stroke patients. Therefore, fast and practical psychometric assessment as an indicator of individual rehabilitation program is of great importance. The aim of this study was to analyze and compare motor and cognitive impairment in stroke patients in acute, subacute and chronic phase of the disease, taking age, sex, education, st...

Background and Purposes—In the early stage of stroke, the occurrence of neurologic and medical complications is associated with clinical deterioration. Previous studies were focused on the first week after stroke onset. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of complications on clinical outcome in patients with stroke in the early subacute stage. Methods—We prospectively evaluated the...

INTRODUCTION Physical inactivity is an important risk factor for stroke and stroke recurrence. There is insufficient knowledge about the physical activity (PA) level in stroke patients who are ambulatory in the subacute phase. Our aim was to compare the PA level between ambulatory stroke patients and a population of the same age and to investigate neuropsychological factors that could affect th...

OBJECTIVE To assess joint position sense performance in subacute stroke patients using a novel quantitative assessment. DESIGN Proof-of-principle pilot study with a group of subacute stroke patients. Assessment at baseline and after 2 weeks of intervention. Additional data for a healthy age-matched control group. SUBJECTS/PATIENTS Ten subacute stroke patients (aged 65.41 years (standard dev...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In the early stage of stroke, the occurrence of neurologic and medical complications is associated with clinical deterioration. Previous studies were focused on the first week after stroke onset. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of complications on clinical outcome in patients with stroke in the early subacute stage. METHODS We prospectively evaluated th...

OBJECTIVE To determine the associating factors of fear of falling (FOF) and the correlations between FOF and quality of life (QOL) on subacute stroke patients in Korea. METHOD Fifty hemiplegic subacute stroke patients in our clinic were recruited. We directly asked patients with their fear of falling and interviewed them with the Korean version of falls efficacy scale-international (KFES-I). ...

Ischemic stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States and a common reason for hospitalization. The subacute period after a stroke refers to the time when the decision to not employ thrombolytics is made up until two weeks after the stroke occurred. Family physicians are often involved in the subacute management of ischemic stroke. All patients with an ischemic stroke should b...