Brief composite mobility index predicts post-stroke fallers after hospital discharge

IntroductionCommunity-dwelling, ambulatory stroke survivors fall at very high rates in the first 3–6 months. Current inpatient clinical assessments for fall risk have inadequate predictive accuracy. We found that a pre-discharge obstacle-crossing test has excellent specificity (83%) but lacks accept...

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Main Authors: Prudence Plummer, Jody A. Feld, Vicki S. Mercer, Pengsheng Ni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fresc.2022.979824/full