Early physical rehabilitation vs standard care for intracerebral hemorrhage stroke: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: The intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke (ICH) is associated with high mortality and severe disability in survivors, which causing about 42% of the disability-adjusted life years lost and 50% of all stroke patients dead within 1 year. Although early functional training is recommended to facility rehabilitation after the stroke, the benefit and safety are still controversial.

Introduction: This systematic review aims to investigate whether early physical rehabilitation could have a beneficial effect for the patients with ICH compared with standard rehabilitation care.