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Stroke

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Provide intensive physiotherapy a and occupational therapy a

Why?

  • Occupational therapy helps improve functional status (on average, an increase of 4 points on the extended activities of daily living scale). a
  • Intensive physiotherapy and occupational therapy leads to greater improvements in activities of daily living than conventional care. a

Expiry date: October 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Author   CM   Ball
Reviewer   G  Donnan
CAT Writers   CJ   Wotton , N   Shenker , CM   Ball