Intense Arm Rehabilitation Therapy Improves the Modified Rankin Scale Score: Association Between Gains in Impairment and Function.
Steven C CramerVu LeJeffrey L SaverLucy DodakianJill SeeRenee AugsburgerAlison McKenzieRobert J ZhouNina L ChiuJutta HeckhausenJessica M CassidyWalt ScacchiMegan Therese SmithA M BarrettJayme KnutsonDylan EdwardsDavid PutrinoKunal AgrawalKenneth NgoElliot J RothDavid L TirschwellMichelle L WoodburyRoss ZafonteWenle ZhaoJudith SpilkerSteven L WolfJoseph P BroderickScott JanisPublished in: Neurology (2021)
This study provides Class III evidence that for patients >90 days poststroke with persistent arm motor deficits, intensive arm motor therapy improved mRS in a substantial fraction (31.2%) of patients.