The effect of body mass index on inpatient rehabilitation outcome after stroke in an East-Asian cohort: a prospective study.

Sze Chin JongJovic Aguipo FuentesAngie En Qin SeowChien Joo LimGobinathan ChandranKaren Sui Geok Chua
Published in: Singapore medical journal (2021)
Findings from this study unequivocally support the benefits of acute inpatient stroke rehabilitation. Patients in the obese BMI range tended to normalise during rehabilitation. BMI, whether underweight, normal, or overweight was not correlated with discharge FIM.