Is stroke rehabilitation worthwhile?

Curr Opin Neurol Neurosurg. 1993 Feb;6(1):78-82.

Abstract

Rehabilitation is an educational problem-solving process that focuses on disability and aims to minimize the patient's disability and distress and the stress on family members. There is established evidence that rehabilitation helps individual patients, and now there is good evidence that applying rehabilitation policies generally improves outcome in groups of patients. Moreover, well-organized specialist rehabilitation is efficient because total resources are reduced.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cerebrovascular Disorders / complications
  • Cerebrovascular Disorders / diagnosis
  • Cerebrovascular Disorders / rehabilitation*
  • Delivery of Health Care / organization & administration
  • Electric Stimulation Therapy
  • Female
  • Health Care Costs*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Muscle Spasticity / etiology
  • Muscle Spasticity / therapy
  • Prognosis
  • Speech Disorders / therapy
  • Speech Therapy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed