A Preliminary Study on the Functional Recovery after Acute Stroke (Assessed by Barthel ADL index).
- Author:
Jin Kook KIM
1
;
Jung Sang HAH
;
Yeung Ju BYUN
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Activities of Daily Living*;
Cerebral Infarction;
Humans;
Neurologic Manifestations;
Quality of Life;
Stroke*;
Survivors;
Tromethamine
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
1992;10(3):298-307
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We evaluated the performance of activities of daily living by using Barthel ADL index and the factors affecting the quality of life were also analyzed in 82 survivors who suffered from single cerebral infarction in MCA territory and followed for more tham 3 months. The results were as follows: 1. Among the patients, 56(68.3%) patients regained functional indepeadency.but they were not necessarily normal or socially independent. 2. They improved markedly in first 4 weeks after onset of the stroke. 3. Functional recovery in the left hemiplegic patients was better than the right, but there was no difference in functional recovery related to sex and etiologic factors. 4. There was no correlation between age and ADL score 5. The major determinants for long term quality of life were the initial neurologic signs and the size of infarcted area demonstrated by Computed Tomography.
