Effects of early rehabilitation in 86 patients with motor disturbance of limb after cerebral stroke

Objective: To explore the effect of early rehabilitation on motor function and activity of daily living of patients with cerebral stroke.Methods: 86 patients with motor disturbance of limb after cerebral stroke treated in our hospital from January 2010 to January 2011 were randomly divided into rehabilitation group(43 cases) and control group(43 cases).Patients in both groups were received neurology conventional treatment;patients in rehabilitation group were also received rehabilitation therapy 72 h after their neurological symptoms and vital signs stable.Fugl-Meyer motor function assessment(FMA) and Modified Barthel index(MBI) were used to evaluate motor function of patients.Results: Before treatment,upper limb FMA scores of rehabilitation group and control group [(6.20±1.59),(6.12±1.42)scores],lower limb [(6.67±2.21),(6.31±2.41) scores] and MBI scores [(26.15±10.52),(26.39±10.62) scores] respectively were significantly lower than those after treatment [rehabilitation group:(24.62±3.31),(26.23±7.27),(34.95±8.26) scores;control group:(11.52±3.63),(13.84±6.29),(30.23±7.31) scores](rehabilitation group: t=4.965,5.145,3.675,all P0.05;control group: t=2.471,2.542,3.274,all P0.05).After treatment,scores of rehabilitation group were significantly higher than those of control group(t=2.547,2.965,2.312,all P0.05).Conclusion: Early rehabilitation is effective for patients with cerebral stroke,it can promote the full restoration of function of patients,and it is worth of clinical application.