Inpatient rehabilitation of working-age adults with ischemic stroke: comparing men and women clinical and functional characteristics at admission and predicting functionality.

Introduction: The role of gender in functional independence for activities of daily living after ischemic stroke is still controversial. We aim to a) compare clinical characteristics of men and women at inpatient rehabilitation admission b) compare their functional independence at admission and discharge c) identify predictors of functional independence.

Materials And Methods: Retrospective observational cohort study.

The impact of Body Mass Index on functional rehabilitation outcomes of working-age inpatients with stroke.

Background: Stroke is the most relevant cause of acquired persistent disability in adulthood. The relationship between patient's weight during rehabilitation and stroke functional outcome is controversial, previous research reported positive, negative and no effects, with scarce studies specifically addressing working-age patients.

Aim: To evaluate the association between Body Mass Index (BMI) and the functional progress of adult (<65 years) patients with stroke admitted to a rehabilitation hospital.

[Characteristics of chronic neuropathic pain and their relationship with psychological well-being in spinal cord injury patients].

Aims: To determine the prevalence of neuropathic pain (NP) in a sample of patients with spinal cord injury (SCI), to examine the relation between clinical, demographic and psychological characteristics with the prevalence of NP after SCI and the different types of NP, and to study predictive factors.

Patients And Methods: Transversal observational study of 260 patients who attended their annual revision. Main outcome measures included presence/absence of NP, psychological well-being index, detailed pain history and 0-10 numerical rating scale of average pain intensity.