Do Performance Measures of Strength, Balance, and Mobility Predict Quality of Life and Community Reintegration After Stroke?

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the extent to which physical performance measures of strength, balance, and mobility taken at discharge from inpatient stroke rehabilitation can predict health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and community reintegration after 6 months. DESIGN: Longitudinal study.

Authors

Cohen JW; Ivanova TD; Brouwer B; Miller KJ; Bryant D; Garland SJ

Journal

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 99, No. 4, pp. 713–719

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

April 2018

DOI

10.1016/j.apmr.2017.12.007

ISSN

0003-9993

Associated Experts

Dianne Bryant

Associate Professor (Part-Time), Faculty of Health Sciences

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