The impact of somatosensory function on activity performance and length of hospital stay in geriatric patients with stroke.

Objective: To investigate in geriatric patients with stroke the relationship between somatosensory function, activity performance and the length of stay (LOS) in either hospital or nursing home.

Design: Survey.

Setting: Stroke unit and geriatric rehabilitation unit.

Spasticity after stroke: its occurrence and association with motor impairments and activity limitations.

Background And Purpose: There is no consensus concerning the number of patients developing spasticity or the relationship between spasticity and disabilities after acute stroke. The aim of the present study was to describe the extent to which spasticity occurs and is associated with disabilities (motor impairments and activity limitations).

Methods: Ninety-five patients with first-ever stroke were examined initially (mean, 5.