Late motor recovery is influenced by muscle tone changes after stroke Rita Formisano, MD, PhD, Patrizia Pantano, MD, PhD, M. Gabriella Buzzi, MD, PhD, Vincenzo Vinicola, MD, Francesca Penta, Piero Barbanti, MD, PhD, Gian Luigi Lenzi, MD Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Volume 86, Issue 2, Pages 308-311 (February 2005) DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.08.001 Copyright © 2005 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Motor recovery in 40 patients with ischemic stroke. Recovery was significantly higher in patients with prolonged muscular flaccidity than in patients with muscular spasticity admitted to rehabilitation within 3 months of stroke. Recovery was less frequent in the next 2-month period, but a statistically significant higher number of prolonged muscular flaccidity patients still recovered later. Legend: <3 months, admitted less than 90 days after stroke; ≥3 months, admitted more than 90 days after stroke. Abbreviation: Pts, patients. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2005 86, 308-311DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2004.08.001) Copyright © 2005 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions