Why the study?
Does comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation yield comparable functional gains in postcardiac surgery stroke patients compared to other stroke patients?
Population
47 postcardiac surgery stroke patients and an age-matched control group of other stroke patients admitted to…
Comparison
Comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation program vs Age-matched control group of other stroke…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
Length of stay (average 15.64 days for postcardiac group)
Authors
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Postcardiac surgery stroke patients achieve comparable rehab gains; supports access but leaves open randomized confirmation of equivalence.
Does comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation yield comparable functional gains in postcardiac surgery stroke patients compared to other stroke patients?
Postcardiac surgery stroke patients have lower admission functional scores than other stroke patients but achieve comparable functional gains and high rates of community discharge following inpatient rehabilitation.
Kevorkian et al. (2003) studied this question.
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