Associations between post-stroke motor and cognitive function: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Motor and cognitive impairments are frequently observed following stroke, but are often managed as distinct entities, and there is little evidence regarding how they are related. The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of concurrent motor and cognitive impairments 3 months after stroke and to examine how motor performance was associated with memory, executive function and global cognition.

Methods

The Norwegian Cognitive Impairment After Stroke (Nor-COAST) study is a prospective multicentre cohort study including patients hospitalized with acute stroke between May 2015 and March 2017. The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) was used to measure stroke severity at admission. Level of disability was assessed by the Modified Rankin Scale (m

SUBMITTER: Einstad MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7863272 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature