NURSING

Falls during Post-Stroke Rehabilitation

Falls during Post-Stroke Rehabilitation

Evaluation of the Article

Campbell and Mathews conducted a study about the problem of falls during Post-Stroke Rehabilitation. The aim of the study was to evaluate evidence of risk factors for falls. The study aimed at an integrative approach among patients. It also offered recommendations for research and clinical practice.

The authors reviewed the literature from 1990 to 2009, describing the investigations of risk factors for patients facing risk of post stroke falls. The study revealed that patients have to face impaired balance and impaired performance of activities of daily living as risk factors. The relation ...