Recovery from physical disability after stroke: normal patterns as a basis for evaluation.
In 368 patients with residual hemiplegia after stroke, monitoring of recovery over eight weeks showed a distinct time-related pattern. Patterns of this sort could provide useful baselines in various conditions entailing physical disability, allowing comparison of individual scores with the average for that phase of the illness, the setting of precise goals, and the examination of factors that influence recovery.
D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D009068:Movement; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D013997:Time Factors