Association Between Spasticity and Functional Impairments During the First Year After Stroke in Korea: The KOSCO

Yong-Il Shin1, Soo-Yeon Kim, Hae In Lee

  • 1From the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Research Institute of Convergence for Biomedical Science and Technology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Republic of Korea (Y-IS, S-YK, HIL, MHM); Department and Research Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea (DYK); Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea (JL); Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea (MKS); Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea (S-GL); Department of Preventive Medicine, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Republic of Korea (G-JO); Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea (Y-SL); Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Republic of Korea (MCJ); Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Jeju National University Hospital, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju City, Republic of Korea (EYH); Department of Statistics, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea (JH); Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Center for Prevention and Rehabilitation, Heart Vascular and Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea (WHC, Y-HK); and Division of Chronic Disease Control, Korea Center for Disease Control, MOHW, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea (YK).

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