Factors Determining Not Returning to Full-Time Work 12 Months After Mild Ischemic Stroke.

Objective: To evaluate prevalence and factors determining not returning to full-time work 1 year after first-ever mild ischemic stroke.

Design: Prospective, observational cohort study with 12-month follow-up.

Setting: Stroke units and outpatient clinics at 2 Norwegian hospitals.

Predictors of cognitive and emotional symptoms 12 months after first-ever mild stroke.

Even mild strokes may affect the patients' everyday life by impairing cognitive and emotional functions. Our aim was to study predictors of such impairments one year after first-ever mild stroke. We included cognitively healthy patients ≤ 70 years with acute mild stroke.

Factors Associated with Level of Physical Activity After Minor Stroke.

Objectives: To explore factors from the acute phase, and after three and 12 months, associated with level of self-reported physical activity 12 months after a minor ischemic stroke with National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score ≤ 3 in persons 70 years or younger.

Materials And Method: In this longitudinal cohort study patients were recruited consecutively from two stroke units. Activity level were measured with three sets of questions addressing the average number of frequency (times exercising each week), the average intensity, and duration (the average time), and a sum score was constructed.

Cognitive and emotional symptoms in patients with first-ever mild stroke: The syndrome of hidden impairments.

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of cognitive and emotional impairments one year after first-ever mild stroke in younger patients Design: Prospective, observational, cohort study.

Subjects: A consecutive sample of 117 previously cognitively healthy patients aged 18-70 years with mild stroke (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score ≤ 3) were included in 2 hospitals in Norway during a 2-year period.

Methods: At 12-month follow-up, patients were assessed using validated instruments for essential cognitive domains, fatigue, depression, anxiety, apathy and pathological laughter and crying.

Impairments in spatial navigation during walking in patients 70 years or younger with mild stroke.

: Spatial navigation, the ability to determine and maintain a route from one place to another, is needed for independence in everyday life. Knowledge about impairments in spatial navigation in people with mild stroke is scarce.: To explore impairments in spatial navigation in patients ≤70 years after first-ever mild ischemic stroke (NIHSS≤3) and to explore which variables are associated with these impairments 12 months later.

Balance and Gait After First Minor Ischemic Stroke in People 70 Years of Age or Younger: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study.

Background: Two-thirds of patients with stroke experience only mild impairments in the acute phase, and the proportion of patients <70 years is increasing. Knowledge about balance and gait and predictive factors are scarce for this group.

Objective: The objective of this study was to explore balance and gait in the acute phase and after 3 and 12 months in patients ≤70 years with minor ischemic stroke (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score ≤3).

Interrater and test-retest reliability and validity of the Norwegian version of the BESTest and mini-BESTest in people with increased risk of falling.

Background: The Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest) was developed to assess underlying systems for balance control in order to be able to individually tailor rehabilitation interventions to people with balance disorders. A short form, the Mini-BESTest, was developed as a screening test. The study aimed to assess interrater and test-retest reliability of the Norwegian version of the BESTest and the Mini-BESTest in community-dwelling people with increased risk of falling and to assess concurrent validity with the Fall Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I), and it was an observational study with a cross-sectional design.