A systematic review of the risk of motor vehicle collision after stroke or transient ischemic attack.
Mark J RapoportSarah C PlonkaHillel FinestoneMark BayleyJustin N CheeBrenda VrkljanSjaan KoppelElizabeth LinkewichJudith L CharltonShawn MarshallMartin delCampoMark Iskander BoulosRichard H SwartzJaspreet BhanguGustavo SaposnikJessica ComayJamie DowDebbie AyotteDesmond O'NeillPublished in: Topics in stroke rehabilitation (2019)
The evidence does not support a robust increase in risk of MVCs. While stroke clearly prevents some patients from driving at all and impairs driving performance in others, individualized assessment and clinical judgment must continue to be used in assessing and advising those stroke patients who return to driving about their MVC risk.