Journal article
Profile of Patients at Admission into an Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation Programme: Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Functional Characteristics
Abstract
PURPOSE: The purposes of this study were to characterize the cardiorespiratory capacity of individuals on admission to inpatient rehabilitation following stroke and to examine the relationship between measures of cardiorespiratory capacity and standard indices of neurological deficit and functional status.
METHODS: We recruited 45 patients within the first 10 days of admission to rehabilitation. We performed measures of aerobic fitness …
Authors
Brooks D; Tang A; Sibley KM; McIlroy WE
Journal
Physiotherapy Canada, Vol. 60, No. 2, pp. 171–179
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Publication Date
April 2008
DOI
10.3138/physio.60.2.171
ISSN
0300-0508