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| Recovery of patients with a combined motor and proprioception deficit during the first six weeks of post stroke rehabilitation | | Author(s) | Debbie Rand, Daniel Gottlieb, Patrice L Weiss |
| Journal title | Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, vol 18, no 3, 2001 |
| Pages | pp 69-87 |
| Source | Haworth Document Delivery Service, The Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA. |
| Keywords | Stroke ; Mental health [elderly] ; Self care capacity ; Mobility ; Rehabilitation. |
| Annotation | The objective of this study was to characterize first, the severity of the proprioception deficit in the affected upper extremity on admission to rehabilitation; and second, the motor and functional recovery during the first six weeks of rehabilitation. 20 patients who had sustained a hemispheric cerebral vascular accident (CVA) and had a proprioception deficit, in addition to a motor deficit of their upper extremity participated in the study. Subjects were assessed for proprioception loss and motor ability of the upper extremity four times (weeks 0, 2, 4 and 6) and for functional ability of the upper extremity and BADL (Basic Activities of Daily Living) on admission and after six weeks. By week 6, five patients had improved to the point where no deficit was discerned. Only two patients retained a severe deficit, whereas the remaining 13 patients retained moderate or mild deficits. In addition, significant improvements in the motor and functional ability of the upper extremity were found. Familiarity with these findings, should help the clinician to establish more realistic therapeutic goals, and to anticipate with greater accuracy the eventual treatment outcome. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010807210 A |
| Classmark | CQA: D: CA: C4: LM |
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