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© 1985 Oxford University Press

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MOTOR FUNCTION AFTER STROKE

DOROTHY L. SMITH, Associate Specialist in Geriatric Medicine, ANWAR J. AKHTAR, Consultant Physician and W. MICHAEL GARRAWAY, Senior Lecturer*

Royal Victoria Hospital Edinburgh EH4 2DN
University Department of Community Medicine Edinburgh EH9 1DW

*Present appointment: Professor of Community Medicine, University of Edinburgh

Two hundred and eighty-seven patients who had survived an acute stroke for up to one week after admission to hospital were examined for loss of motor function in the arm and leg.

There was a highly significant difference in problem-solving, spatial neglect, communication and postural function between those with significant motor loss and those without. There was no significant difference in memory impairment.

Significant loss in motor power had a bad prognosis for functional outcome, length of stay in hospital and survival.

If recovery was to occur, it had done so by eight weeks.

accepted in revised form June 4, 1984.


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