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Effects of early mobilization in clinical complications after stroke: Literature review

Revista Neurociencias, ISSN: 0104-3579, Vol: 21, Issue: 4, Page: 620-627
2013
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Objective. To systematize the effectiveness of early mobilization in clinical complications in patients hospitalized for treatment of Stroke. Method. This is a literature review accessed in electronic databases Medline, Bireme, Cochrane Library, and electronic library of the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) using the key words: stroke, cerebrovascular disease, physical therapy; mobilization. Articles published between the years 2006 to 2012 that addressed early mobilization after stroke, clinical complications and functionality. Results. We identified 49 articles, after careful reading, 39 were excluded due to be literature review (20), by addressing aspects related not covered in this review (18), and tackle Chronic Stroke (01). Of the 10 articles included a descriptive study, one prospective study, a clinical double blind multicenter, cross-sectional quantitative one, a number of cases, a multicenter randomized trial, one randomized clinical trial, two double-blind randomized controlled clinical trial double-blind multicenter randomized. These were in English (03) and Portuguese (07). Variables were categorized to describe the association between the frequency of complications with early mobilization. Conclusions. Over the past decade there has been a growth related to use of early mobilization and physical therapy approach in the rehabilitation of patients with stroke, studying safety, feasibility, and promoting functional recovery.

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