The Sense Of Lesion Location In The Rehabilitation Course On Patients With Basal Ganglia Hemorrhagic Stroke

ObjectiveTo analyze the effect of the lesion location during the natural rehabilitation course on functional outcome of patients with basal ganglia hemorrhagic stroke.Methods60 patients who were nonambulators with hemorrhagic stroke in the internal capule and putamen(n=38),the thalamus(n=12),or and 3 regions (n=10) underwent consecutive periods of rehabilitation from early time to 3 month after stroke,using Functional Indepedence Measure(FIM) for outcome measures. Measures were done on admission(in 48 hours aftor onset) and 1,3 month aftor stroke respectively.ResultsFunctional outcome demonstrated that there were significant difference in mobility subscores(p<0.05) of FIM such that patients with basal ganglia hemorrhagic stroke in the 3 regions were more likely to ambulate in dependently than were patients in the other groups.ConclusionsLesion location predicted the level of independent ambulation and the rate of recovery in patients with basal ganglia hemorrhagic stroke who were nonambulatory before neurorehabilitation therapy.