Inpatient Rehabilitation and Post-Discharge Outcomes With High Intensity Gait Training (HIGT) of Patients With Stroke

Launched by SUNNYVIEW REHABILITATION HOSPITAL · Dec 6, 2022

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • adults (≥18 years) recovering from a unilateral cerebral infarct with resultant hemiparesis occurring less than three months prior. Patients must have an expected length of stay of at least 14 days.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • are older than 85 years of age have evidence of intracranial hemorrhage on head imaging
• • have had a brainstem, cerebellar or bilateral hemisphere stroke
• • are medically unstable
• • are pregnant
• • have chronic cardiorespiratory disease
• • on oxygen
• • angina
• • unstable arrhythmias
• • ischemic cardiomyopathy (Ejection Fraction \<50%)
• • unable to follow 2 steps commands accurately
• • neurological comorbidities that affect gait
• • Parkinson's
• • severe polyneuropathy
• • unable to walk at least 150 feet premorbid
• • dependent assistance level for transfer from a chair to a bed as assessed by physical therapy.

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