Hendricks HT, van Limbeek J, Geurts AC, Zwarts MJ. Motor recovery after stroke: a
systematic review of the literature. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2002; 83: 1629-37. Objective: To …

Annually, 700 000 people in the United States suffer a stroke, or 1 person every 45 seconds,
and nearly one third of these strokes are recurrent. 1 More than half of men and women …

OBJECTIVES:: To assess multiple psychometric characteristics of a new stroke outcome
measure, the Stroke Impact Scale (SIS), using Rasch analysis, and to identify and remove …

Therapies for motor recovery after stroke or traumatic brain injury are still not satisfactory. To
date the best approach seems to be the intensive physical therapy. However the results are …

The responsiveness of the Action Research Arm (ARA) test and the upper extremity motor
section of the Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA) scale were compared in a cohort of 22 chronic …

A comprehensive evidence-based review of stroke rehabilitation was created to be an up-to-
date review of the current evidence in stroke rehabilitation and to provide specific …

Background and Purpose—Chronic hemiparetic patients often retain the ability to manage
activities requiring both hands, either through the use of the affected arm or compensation …

Kelly PJ, Furie KL, Shafqat S, Rallis N, Chang Y, Stein J. Functional recovery following
rehabilitation after hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2003; 84: 968 …

Background and Purpose—The aims of this study were to examine the frequency, types, and
clinical factors associated with medical complications that occur during inpatient …

Background Previous studies have shown the beneficial effects of aerobic exercise in
chronic stroke. Most motor and functional recovery occurs in the first months after stroke …