Predicting recovery of voluntary upper extremity movement in subacute stroke patients with severe upper extremity paresis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Prediction of voluntary upper extremity (UE) movement recovery is largely unknown in patients with little voluntary UE movement at admission. The present study aimed to investigate (1) the extent and variation of voluntary UE movement recovery, and (2) the best predictive model of the recovery of voluntary UE movement by clinical variables in patients with severe UE paresis.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Methods

140 (out of 590) stroke patients with severe UE paresis completed all assessments. Voluntary UE movement was assessed using the UE subscale of the Stroke Rehabilitation Assessment of Movement (STREAM-UE). Two outcome measures, STREAM-UE scores at discharge (DC(STREAM-UE)) and changes between admission and discharge (Δ(STREAM-UE)), w

SUBMITTER: Koh CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4431803 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature