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 (Author), Jody A. Feld (Author), Vicki S. Mercer (Author), Pengsheng Ni (Author) |
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