Prediction of Balance After Inpatient Rehabilitation in Stroke Subjects with Severe Balance Alterations at the Admission

• Published in: Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases 2021-04, Vol.30 (4), p.105627-105627, Article 105627
• Main Authors: Gath, Christian Federico, Gianella, Matias Gabriel, Bonamico, Lucas, Olmos, Lisandro, Russo, Maria Julieta
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Aged; Balance; Disability Evaluation; Female; Humans; Inpatient; Inpatients; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Middle Aged; Motor Activity; Patient Admission; Physical Examination; Postural Balance; Prediction; Recovery of Function; Rehabilitation; Retrospective Studies; Sensation Disorders - diagnosis; Sensation Disorders - physiopathology; Sensation Disorders - rehabilitation; Severity of Illness Index; Stroke; Stroke - diagnosis; Stroke - physiopathology; Stroke - therapy; Stroke Rehabilitation; Subacute; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome
• ISSN: 1052-3057; 1532-8511
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2021.105627

Patients with severe motor alterations would be those on who the prediction of the expected motor response after inpatient rehabilitation programs is most required. To analyze if the balance progress measured by the Berg Balance Scale and the time of hospitalization could be independent predictors of the Berg Balance at the end of a post stroke rehabilitation program in patients with severe balance alteration at the admission. Secondly, to compare a Berg Balance prediction model at the time of discharge based on the Berg Balance at the time of admission (model 1) to a Berg Balance prediction model at the time of discharge based on Berg Balance progress and the time of hospitalization (model 2). Subjects suffering a first subacute supratentorial stroke admitted for inpatient rehabilitation between 2010 through 2018 were included to develop two linear regression models of predicted Berg Balance at discharge (n=149). According to model 1 (p