Stroke scales can be classified as clinicometric scales and functional impairment, handicap scales. All studies describing stroke scales were reviewed by internet searching engines with the final search performed on January 1, 2013. The following string of keywords was entered into search engines; stroke, scale, score and disability. Despite advantages of modified National Institute of Health S...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The modified Rankin Scale (mRS) is the most common outcome measure in large randomized controlled trials in stroke. We tested 2 postal mRS questionnaires and a telephone questionnaire to determine completion rates and intermodality agreement. METHODS We sent postal questionnaires containing 2 versions of the mRS to surviving stroke patients. One version, tick box, invol...

Methods: A meta-analysis of published randomized controlled trials that compared standard therapy with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IVtPA) for thrombolysis to intra-arterial therapies in patients with acute stroke was performed. All studies reported were analyzed as one group and studies documenting patients with large vessel obstruction were analyzed as a second group. The standar...

background: interleukin-6 (il-6) is one of the inflammatory mediators characterized by elevated levels in ischemic stroke (is) patients. the present study set out to assess the role of il-6, as a marker for inflammation, in the severity and prognosis of acute is. methods: in a cross-sectional descriptive study, 45 patients with acute is were selected. patients with their first day of stroke wer...

Intra-arterial thrombolysis (IAT) is a treatment modality in patients with acute large vessel occlusive ischemic stroke. To our knowledge, this is probably the first reported study of intra-arterial thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke from India. Of the 17 patients treated who recieved IAT, successful recanalization was achieved in nine patients, Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) s...

Abbreviations: ACC American College of Cardiology, ACGME Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, ECASS European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study, IA intra-arterial, ICH intracranial hemorrhage, IV intravenous, MCA middle cerebral artery, MELT Middle cerebral artery Embolism Local fibrinolytic intervention Trial, MERCI Mechanical Embolus Removal in Cerebral Ischemia [trial], mRS modi...

Introduction: Stroke imposes limitations on performing activities of daily living (ADL) and their level. Different therapeutic approaches are used for improving the level of performance after a stroke. This study was performed with the aim of evaluating the effect of group-based occupational therapy on improving the performance of ADL and satisfaction of its performance in patients with chronic...