Objective-To issue a recommendation on the types and amounts of physical activity needed
to improve and maintain health in older adults. Participants-A panel of scientists with …

Stroke has a greater effect on women than men because women have more events and are
less likely to recover. Age-specific stroke rates are higher in men, but, because of their …

Stroke is a leading cause of disability in the United States. 1 The Veterans Health
Administration (VHA) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) estimates that 15 000 …

A new clinically accessible measure of balance, functional reach (FR), is the difference
between arm's length and maximal forward reach, using a fixed base of support. The …

Background Effective rehabilitative therapies are needed for patients with long-term deficits
after stroke. Methods In this multicenter, randomized, controlled trial involving 127 patients …

Background and Purpose—To be useful for clinical research, an outcome measure must be
feasible to administer and have sound psychometric attributes, including reliability, validity …

OBJECTIVES: To assess the ability of gait speed alone and a three‐item lower extremity
performance battery to predict 12‐month rates of hospitalization, decline in health, and …

The purpose of this study was to analyze recovery of motor function in a cohort of patients
presenting with an acute occlusion in the carotid distribution. Analysis of recovery patterns is …

This study establishes intratester reliability for all components of physical performance and
intertester reliability for the total scores of upper and lower extremity motor performance in a …

OBJECTIVES:: To assess multiple psychometric characteristics of a new stroke outcome
measure, the Stroke Impact Scale (SIS), using Rasch analysis, and to identify and remove …