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Trial reportEuropean journal of medical research2025

Reducing stroke-associated pneumonia through pulmonary rehabilitation in moderate-to-severe acute ischemic stroke.

QingSha Zhang, HongKun Liu, Jie Sun, HongGe Shi

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in European journal of medical research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

QingSha ZhangDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Zibo Central Hospital, No. 54 Communist Youth League West Road, Zhangdian District, Zibo City, 255000, Shandong Province, China.
HongKun LiuDepartment of Integrative Medicine and Orthopaedics, Zibo Central Hospital, Zibo City, 255000, Shandong Province, China.
Jie SunDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Zibo Central Hospital, No. 54 Communist Youth League West Road, Zhangdian District, Zibo City, 255000, Shandong Province, China.
HongGe ShiDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Zibo Central Hospital, No. 54 Communist Youth League West Road, Zhangdian District, Zibo City, 255000, Shandong Province, China. shihonggeeee22@outlook.com.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis study investigated the effect of a comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation (CPR) program on stroke-associated pneumonia (SAP) in patients with moderate-to-severe acute ischemic stroke (AIS) after thrombolysis.

methodsThis study was a prospective randomized controlled intervention study. Eighty patients with moderate-to-severe AIS were divided into the conventional rehabilitation (CR) and CPR groups. Demographic and general clinical data were collected. Patients were evaluated by the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA), and Fugl-Meyer balance (FMB). The incidence of pneumonia in the acute phase and the treatment efficacy were compared.

resultsFSS scores at T1 and T2 (2 weeks and 4 weeks after treatment), FMA scores, and FMB scores were higher than those at T0 (first day of admission). FSS scores in the CPR group were lower, while FMA and FMB scores were higher than those in the CR group at T1 and T2. The incidence of pneumonia was 10.00% in the CPR group and 25.00% in the CR group. The rehabilitation effective rate was 92.50% in the CPR group and 80.00% in the CR group, but the proportion of rehabilitation effect in the CPR group was higher than that in the CR group.

conclusionsCPR program improves fatigue and motor function and reduces the occurrence of SAP in AIS patients.

Indexed as

Ischemic StrokePneumoniaStroke RehabilitationAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesSeverity of Illness IndexTreatment OutcomeAcute ischemic strokeComprehensive pulmonary rehabilitationFatigueMotor functionStroke-associated pneumonia

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PMID40140963
PMCPMC11948786

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