@misc{10498/31174,
year = {2023},
month = {2},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10498/31174},
abstract = {Introduction: Physical 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 methods: The 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. Results: Of 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 conclusion: Our 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.},
publisher = {Frontiers Media},
keywords = {early ambulation},
keywords = {inpatients},
keywords = {neurological rehabilitation},
keywords = {outpatients},
keywords = {physical therapy department},
keywords = {hospital},
keywords = {stroke rehabilitation},
title = {Descriptive analysis of post-stroke patients in a neurological physical therapy unit},
doi = {10.3389/fneur.2023.1056415},
author = {Paniagua Monrobel, Mercedes and Escobio Prieto, Isabel and Magni, Eleonora and Galán Mercant, Alejandro and Lucena Antón, David Manuel and Pinero Pinto, Elena and Luque Moreno, Carlos},
}