Reduced sway during dual task balance performance among people with stroke at 6 and 12 months after discharge from hospital.

Background: Cognitive motor interference has been linked to poor recovery and falls. Little is known about recovery of dual-task balance ability poststroke.

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Rehabilitation content and clinical stroke subtype: a small observational study.

Purpose: The Oxford classification categorizes stroke according to clinical features. Differences in terms of mortality, institutionalisation, recurrence and achievement of mobility milestones have been demonstrated across clinical subtypes. This study aimed to describe differences in content of occupational therapy and physiotherapy activities, according to clinical stroke subtype.

Fall events among people with stroke living in the community: circumstances of falls and characteristics of fallers.

Objectives: To describe the frequency and circumstances of falls among a community sample of people with stroke and to compare characteristics of fallers and nonfallers.

Design: Cross-sectional, observational study.

Setting: Community.