Gender differences in post-stroke functional outcome at discharge from an intensive rehabilitation hospital.

Anna PoggesiGreta InsalataGioele PapiValentina RinnociIda DonniniMonica MartiniCatuscia FalsiniBahia HakikiAnnamaria RomoliCarmen BarbatoPaola PolcaroFrancesca CasamorataClaudio MacchiFrancesca CecchiEmilia Salvadori

Published in: European journal of neurology (2021)

At admission to an intensive rehabilitation hospital, men and women presented a similar functional and clinical status and a substantial overlap of functional recovery after stroke. At higher ages, the potential for recovery appeared better in women compared to men.

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