Relationship of Fall to Post-stroke Cognitive Impairment (review)

  • WANG Yan-yan ,
  • AN Bing-chen ,
  • ZHENG Jie-jiao
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  • Rehabilitation Department of Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China

Online published: 2016-12-05

Abstract

Cognitive impairment, including the decline of attention, memory and executive function, is commonly complicated in stroke patients, which may result in falls. Stroke patients with cognitive impairment usually complicate gait disorder, such as abnormal walking velocity or width, which also result in falls.

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WANG Yan-yan , AN Bing-chen , ZHENG Jie-jiao . Relationship of Fall to Post-stroke Cognitive Impairment (review)[J]. Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice, 2016 , 22(11) : 1285 -1288 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2016.11.009

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