Assessment of Stroke Outcome
Round Table. "Cerebrovascular Diseases", Vol 4, Suppl. 2 (1994). Supplement Issue: Cerebrovascular Diseases 1994, Vol. 4, Suppl. 2
Published on 24. October 1994
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Paperback/Softback
IV, 30 pages
978-3-8055-6064-1 (ISBN)
Description
The updated reviews presented in this publication will provide readers with valuable information on the methods to assess the different outcomes and evolution after acute stroke. Among the topics discussed include a look at the concepts of impairment, disability and handicap, neurological scales in the assessment of cerebral infarction and quantification of disability after stroke. Neurologists, epidemiologists, internists and those working on clinical trials will find this publication a unique source of recent information on the best ways to assess stroke outcomes.
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Content
Opening remarks, G.L. Lenzi; the concepts of impairment, disability and handicap, J.M. Orgogozo; neurological scales in the assessment of cerebral infarction, L. Hantson and J. De Keyser; quantification of disability after stroke, G. Grimby; the relationship between impairment and functional health scales in the outcome of stroke, R. de Haan and M. Limburg; panel discussion, J.M. Orgogozo; general discussion, J.M. Orgogozo; closing remarks, J.M. Orgogozo.