A Simple Hospital Mobility Scale for Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients Predicts Long-term Functional Outcome.

. Stroke patients present restriction of mobility in the acute phase, and the use of a simple and specific scale can be useful to guide rehabilitation. .

Validation of the Frenchay activity index on stroke victims.

Purpose: To evaluate the inter-rater reliability and predictive validity of the Frenchay Activities Index (FAI) in patients after stroke.

Methods: One hundred sixty-one patients were selected for consecutive application of the FAI and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS). Spearman's test was used for correlation between different scales.

Proposal for a New Predictive Scale for Recurrent Risk of Fall in a Cohort of Community-Dwelling Patients with Stroke.

Objectives: This study aimed to determine risk factors related to the occurrence of falls in stroke patients and to propose a new predictive scale for falls.

Methods: Demographic and clinical data were collected and the following scales were applied: Barthel Index, Timed Up and Go Test (TUG), and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS). Subjects were followed prospectively for 2 years for the occurrence of recurrent (≥2) falls.

Risk factors associated with falls in adult patients after stroke living in the community: baseline data from a stroke cohort in Brazil.

Background: Individuals with stroke have a high risk of falling, and their fall predictors may differ from those of other populations.

Purpose: To estimate fall frequency and identify factors related to fall occurrence in a sample of patients with stroke residing in the community.

Methods: Clinical data were collected from 150 consecutive stroke patients with independent gait, and the following scales were applied: modified Barthel Index (mBI), Timed Up & Go Test (TUG), and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS).