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 ChuaPublished 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.
Keyphrases
- body mass index
- weight gain
- end stage renal disease
- weight loss
- palliative care
- ejection fraction
- physical activity
- newly diagnosed
- mental health
- chronic kidney disease
- liver failure
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- atrial fibrillation
- adipose tissue
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- acute care
- aortic dissection
- brain injury
- obese patients
- mechanical ventilation