Changes in Function and Muscle Strength of Encephalitis Survivors After Inpatient Rehabilitation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the clinical demographics and rehabilitative assessments of encephalitis survivors admitted to a rehabilitation center, and to confirm the effects of inpatient rehabilitation manifested by changes in muscle strength and function after hospitalization.

Methods

Data of encephalitis survivors who received rehabilitation at our institution from August 2009 to August 2019 were reviewed. Medical charts were retrospectively reviewed, and motor, functional, and cognitive assessments were collected. Manual muscle testing (MMT), Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA), Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Functional Ambulation Category (FAC), Korean version of Modified Barthel Index (K-MBI), grip strength, Box and Block Test (BBT), and Korean version of Mini-Mental State Examination

SUBMITTER: Kim T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8743845 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature