{"title":"Gait recovery after hemiplegic stroke.","authors":"P J Friedman","doi":"10.3109/03790799009166265","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We prospectively evaluated gait recovery in 197 elderly subjects after hemiplegic stroke by measuring serial walking speed. Fifty-seven per cent of subjects (113/197) could not walk without human assistance on day 7 post-stroke. About 40% of this group achieved gait independence at months 1, 2, 3, and 4 post-stroke. In contrast, about 95% of those walking on day 7 maintained gait independence 1, 2, 3, and 4 months post-stroke. Using multiple logistic regression, the best predictors of independent ambulation among the 113 subjects not walking on day 7 were age, line bisection error, and leg power.</p>","PeriodicalId":77547,"journal":{"name":"International disability studies","volume":"12 3","pages":"119-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1990-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/03790799009166265","citationCount":"212","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International disability studies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3109/03790799009166265","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We prospectively evaluated gait recovery in 197 elderly subjects after hemiplegic stroke by measuring serial walking speed. Fifty-seven per cent of subjects (113/197) could not walk without human assistance on day 7 post-stroke. About 40% of this group achieved gait independence at months 1, 2, 3, and 4 post-stroke. In contrast, about 95% of those walking on day 7 maintained gait independence 1, 2, 3, and 4 months post-stroke. Using multiple logistic regression, the best predictors of independent ambulation among the 113 subjects not walking on day 7 were age, line bisection error, and leg power.