Functional Recovery and Serum Angiogenin Changes According to Intensity of Rehabilitation Therapy After Stroke.

ABSTRACT: Background: Rehabilitation is still the only treatment available to improve functional status after the acute phase of stroke. Most clinical guidelines highlight the need to design rehabilitation treatments considering starting time, intensity, and frequency, according to the tolerance of the patient. However, there are no homogeneous protocols and the biological effects are under investigation. Objective: To investigate the impact of rehabilitation intensity (hours) after stroke on functional improvement and serum angiogenin (ANG) in a 6-month follow-up study. Methods: A prospective, observational, longitudinal, and multicenter study with three cohorts: strokes in intensive rehabilitation therapy (IRT, minimum 15 h/week) vs. conventional therapy (NO-IRT, <15 h/week), and controls subjects

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Rodriguez N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8655101 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature