title: Predictors of Gains During Inpatient Rehabilitation in Patients with Stroke- A Review.
abstract: Stroke remains a major cause of disability. The cost of stroke rehabilitation is substantial. Understanding the factors that predict response to inpatient stroke rehabilitation may be useful, for example, to best individualize the content of therapy, or to maximize the efficiency with which resources are directed. This review reviewed the literature and found that numerous variables were associated with outcome after inpatient stroke rehabilitation. The strongest evidence exists for factors such as age, stroke subtype, nutritional status, psychosocial factors such as living with family prior to stroke or presence of a caregiver. Functional status on admission, urinary incontinence, post-stroke infection, and aphasia each can also impact prognosis. Strengths and weaknesses of cited studies are considered in an attempt to inform design of future studies examining the factors that predict response to inpatient rehabilitation after stroke.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pain Medicine Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Reeve-Irvine Research Center for Spinal Cord Injury University of California, Irvine changey1@uci.edu.
authors.forename: Eric Y
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation University of California, Irvine enochc@uci.edu.
authors.forename: Enoch H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation University of California, Irvine scragg@uci.edu.
authors.forename: Samantha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cragg
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation University of California, Irvine scramer@uci.edu.
authors.forename: Steven C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Cramer
keywords: stroke rehabilitation predict