Ahmed S. Ali
Department of Physical Therapy for Neuromuscular Disorders and its Surgery, Cairo University, EgyptPublications
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Research Article
Post Stroke Fatigue Prevalence and its Correlation to the Functional Recovery
Author(s): Ahmed S. Ali*, Dania S.Farid, Wael S. Shendy, Husam S.Mourad, Khaled Takey Ahmed, Waleed Elsayed Hussein Ahmed Arafat and Ayman El Khatib
Background: Post Stroke Fatigue (PSF) is an irritating symptom in chronic stroke survivors. They report that the symptoms of the PSF are greater after their stroke’s incidence which might affect the rehabilitation process. PSF could limit the active participation of the patient in the environment as well as in different functional tasks of daily living activities. Purpose: To determine the PSF prevalence in chronic stroke patients and to investigate its correlation on their functional recovery. Materials and methods: One hundred Egyptian chronic stroke patients participated in this study from both sexes. All the patients aged between 40 to 65 years. They were recruited from the outpatient clinics of The Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University. Demographic data were collected (age, sex). Post Stroke Fati.. Read More»
DOI: 10.3371/CSRP.AADF.022822