Descriptive analysis of post-stroke patients in a neurological physical therapy unit
IntroductionPhysical therapy (PT) is the mainstay treatment in functional recovery after suffering a stroke. It is important in the acute phase of hospitalization after a stroke and later in the ambulatory phase.Patients and methodsThe present study aimed to analyze the data provided by the clinical...
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| author | Mercedes Paniagua-Monrobel Mercedes Paniagua-Monrobel Isabel Escobio-Prieto Isabel Escobio-Prieto Eleonora Magni Alejandro Galan-Mercant Alejandro Galan-Mercant Alejandro Galan-Mercant David Lucena-Anton David Lucena-Anton Elena Pinero-Pinto Carlos Luque-Moreno Carlos Luque-Moreno |
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| description | IntroductionPhysical therapy (PT) is the mainstay treatment in functional recovery after suffering a stroke. It is important in the acute phase of hospitalization after a stroke and later in the ambulatory phase.Patients and methodsThe present study aimed to analyze the data provided by the clinical history (CH) of people with stroke (pwS) who received PT treatment in order to establish a “preferential patient profile” (PPP) that may benefit more from an early PT treatment. This was an observational, descriptive, and cross-sectional study. A total of 137 pwS who had been treated with PT were selected. Information provided age, gender, stroke type and localization, and start and end dates of the different PT treatments. A descriptive analysis of the variables was conducted using absolute frequencies and percentages for the qualitative variables. Student's t-test or the Mann–Whitney U-test was used to determine the relationship between the time and variables “stroke type,” “outpatient,” and “occupational therapy.” The Kruskal–Wallis H-test was applied for the “localization” variable.ResultsOf the entire sample, 57.7% were men, 65% had an ischemic stroke, and 48.9% had a stroke on the left side. The patients with hemorrhagic stroke had an increased number of hospital PT sessions (p = 0.01) and were younger (59.58 years) than patients with ischemic stroke (65.90 years) (p = 0.04).Discussion and conclusionOur results do not show significant differences between the persons < 65 years and the number of outpatient physiotherapy sessions performed, although the resulting values are close to significance. Our results suggest that the PPP is a young person, with a hemorrhagic and left or bilateral stroke. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1bc19491d1af47c094d8e12b879334ec2023-02-28T06:03:20ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neurology1664-22952023-02-011410.3389/fneur.2023.10564151056415Descriptive analysis of post-stroke patients in a neurological physical therapy unitMercedes Paniagua-Monrobel0Mercedes Paniagua-Monrobel1Isabel Escobio-Prieto2Isabel Escobio-Prieto3Eleonora Magni4Alejandro Galan-Mercant5Alejandro Galan-Mercant6Alejandro Galan-Mercant7David Lucena-Anton8David Lucena-Anton9Elena Pinero-Pinto10Carlos Luque-Moreno11Carlos Luque-Moreno12Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, University of Seville, Seville, SpainNeurological Physiotherapy Unit, Virgen del Rocio University Hospital, Seville, SpainDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, University of Seville, Seville, SpainInstitute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBIS), Seville, SpainDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, University of Seville, Seville, SpainDepartment of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Cádiz, Cádiz, SpainMOVE-IT Research Group, Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Education, Sciences University of Cádiz, Cádiz, SpainBiomedical Research and Innovation Institute of Cádiz (INiBICA) Research Unit, Puerta del Mar University Hospital, University of Cádiz, Cádiz, SpainDepartment of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Cádiz, Cádiz, SpainIntell-SOK (TIC-256) Research Group, Department of Informatics Engineering, University of Cadiz, Cádiz, SpainDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, University of Seville, Seville, SpainDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, University of Seville, Seville, SpainInstitute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBIS), Seville, SpainIntroductionPhysical therapy (PT) is the mainstay treatment in functional recovery after suffering a stroke. It is important in the acute phase of hospitalization after a stroke and later in the ambulatory phase.Patients and methodsThe present study aimed to analyze the data provided by the clinical history (CH) of people with stroke (pwS) who received PT treatment in order to establish a “preferential patient profile” (PPP) that may benefit more from an early PT treatment. This was an observational, descriptive, and cross-sectional study. A total of 137 pwS who had been treated with PT were selected. Information provided age, gender, stroke type and localization, and start and end dates of the different PT treatments. A descriptive analysis of the variables was conducted using absolute frequencies and percentages for the qualitative variables. Student's t-test or the Mann–Whitney U-test was used to determine the relationship between the time and variables “stroke type,” “outpatient,” and “occupational therapy.” The Kruskal–Wallis H-test was applied for the “localization” variable.ResultsOf the entire sample, 57.7% were men, 65% had an ischemic stroke, and 48.9% had a stroke on the left side. The patients with hemorrhagic stroke had an increased number of hospital PT sessions (p = 0.01) and were younger (59.58 years) than patients with ischemic stroke (65.90 years) (p = 0.04).Discussion and conclusionOur results do not show significant differences between the persons < 65 years and the number of outpatient physiotherapy sessions performed, although the resulting values are close to significance. Our results suggest that the PPP is a young person, with a hemorrhagic and left or bilateral stroke.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2023.1056415/fullstroke rehabilitationoutpatientsinpatientsneurological rehabilitationphysical therapy department, hospitalearly ambulation |
| spellingShingle | Mercedes Paniagua-Monrobel Mercedes Paniagua-Monrobel Isabel Escobio-Prieto Isabel Escobio-Prieto Eleonora Magni Alejandro Galan-Mercant Alejandro Galan-Mercant Alejandro Galan-Mercant David Lucena-Anton David Lucena-Anton Elena Pinero-Pinto Carlos Luque-Moreno Carlos Luque-Moreno Descriptive analysis of post-stroke patients in a neurological physical therapy unit Frontiers in Neurology stroke rehabilitation outpatients inpatients neurological rehabilitation physical therapy department, hospital early ambulation |
| title | Descriptive analysis of post-stroke patients in a neurological physical therapy unit |
| title_full | Descriptive analysis of post-stroke patients in a neurological physical therapy unit |
| title_fullStr | Descriptive analysis of post-stroke patients in a neurological physical therapy unit |
| title_full_unstemmed | Descriptive analysis of post-stroke patients in a neurological physical therapy unit |
| title_short | Descriptive analysis of post-stroke patients in a neurological physical therapy unit |
| title_sort | descriptive analysis of post stroke patients in a neurological physical therapy unit |
| topic | stroke rehabilitation outpatients inpatients neurological rehabilitation physical therapy department, hospital early ambulation |
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