Recovery Of Function

Individuals with asymptomatic hemorrhaging infarction or subarachnoid hemorrhage after receiving endovascular treatment for acute ischemic stroke recorded worse 90-day recovery outcomes compared with those without, data show.

BOSTON — Headache-related quality of life lagged clinical improvement in headaches for individuals with long COVID at 12 to 19 months, according to a poster from the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.

Published results showed use of a prediction rule may help identify patients with upper limb functional recovery after traumatic cervical spinal cord injury.

CHICAGO — For older adults who experience first-time stroke, approaching recovery with optimism improves functional recovery, according to a poster at the American Neurological Association annual meeting.

CHICAGO — Compared with delayed surgery, early surgery of motor-incomplete cervical spinal cord injuries may yield accelerated motor recovery 6 months after injury but similar recovery at 1 year after injury, results presented here showed.

Although thrombectomy was linked with improved functional recovery in patients with pre-stroke disability, it might also increase the risk for survival with significant disability, according to a study in JAMA Network Open.

Patients with posttraumatic refractory intracranial hypertension treated with decompressive craniectomy showed reduced mortality and improved recovery at 24 months compared with standard care, per a study published in JAMA Neurology.

Use of a rapid recovery protocol after total knee arthroplasty may lead to faster restoration of range of motion and shorter length of stay compared with the use of a standard recovery protocol, according to published results.