Publisher's Synopsis
The updated reviews presented in this publication will provide readers with valuable information on the methods to assess the different outcomes and evolution after acute stroke. Among the topics discussed include a look at the concepts of impairment, disability and handicap, neurological scales in the assessment of cerebral infarction and quantification of disability after stroke. Neurologists, epidemiologists, internists and those working on clinical trials will find this publication a unique source of recent information on the best ways to assess stroke outcomes.