Long-term Functional Outcome After Stroke: The Impact Of MRI-detected Lesion Characteristics

For the rehabilitation physician as well as for the neurologist, a valid early prognosis of functional outcome for the individual stroke patient is required to inform patient and relatives adequately, to facilitate discharge planning, and to initiate an optimal (task-specific and goalorientated) rehabilitation program with realistic therapeutic goals. [click link for full article]

More: continued here

Filed under: Stroke on April 5th, 2007