Activity limitations experienced by people with stroke who receive inpatient rehabilitation: differences between 2001, 2005, and 2011.

Objective: To determine whether there were differences in characteristics and activity limitations relevant to physiotherapists among people receiving inpatient rehabilitation after stroke in 2001, 2005, and 2011.

Design: A multicenter observational study of 3 periods.

Setting: Inpatient rehabilitation units (N=15).

Measures of activity limitation on admission to rehabilitation after stroke predict walking speed at discharge: an observational study.

Question: Which measures of activity limitation on admission to rehabilitation after stroke best predict walking speed at discharge?

Design: Prospective observational study.

Participants: 120 people with stroke undergoing inpatient rehabilitation.

Outcome Measures: Predictors were admission walking speed, Timed Up and Go, Motor Assessment Scale, Modified Elderly Mobility Scale, and Functional Independence Measure scores measured on admission to rehabilitation.

Prediction of discharge destination after stroke using the motor assessment scale on admission: a prospective, multisite study.

Objective: To determine if admission functional status, measured with the Motor Assessment Scale (MAS), was predictive of discharge destination to home or residential aged care in patients with stroke undergoing rehabilitation.

Design: Cohort study.

Setting: Inpatient rehabilitation units.