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Correlation Between Albumin Level And Rehabilitation Outcome In Stroke Patients, Ta-Sen Wei, Jong-Jer Lin, Jeng-Hang Lin, Chih-Cheng Lin

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of serum albumin level on the rehabilitation outcome in stroke patients. The criterias of patient studied included first stroke, unilateral weakness, length of stay greater than 2 weeks and free of uncontrolled medical problems (hypertensin, diabetes mellitus, cardiac disease) or major musculoskeletal disorders (contracture, amputation).75 patients with avarage age of 65-year-old completed this study. We checked the albumin level and functional status of the patients including Brunnstrom stage, trunk control and Barthel index score. Assessments were performed on admission and discharge to identify the correlation between albumin level and functional …