Interruptions to Rehab are Common After Stroke or Brain Injury – But Many are Preventable

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Patients in inpatient rehabilitation after a stroke, brain injury, or spinal cord injury have significant rates of interruptions of their rehab program—often including being transferred back to the hospital for treatment of complications, reports a study in the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, the official journal of the Association of Academic Physiatrists. The journal is published by Wolters Kluwer.

But at least ten percent of these interruptions and transfers are potentially preventable, suggesting opportunities to improve patient outcomes while lowering the costs of care, according to the new research by Addie Middleton, PhD, DPT and colleagues of University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.

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