Patient’s assessment and prediction of recovery after stroke: a roadmap for clinicians

Table 1 Prediction tools for recovery after stroke, at different time points

Assessment time (baseline, T0)	Timing of predicted outcome (follow-up, T1)
Assessment time (baseline, T0)	15 days	30 days (1 month)	40 days	3 months		6 months		12 months
24 h (1 day)				ASPECTS; ASTRAL (Mortality & Independence)
72 h (3 days)	GRAVo (PEG)			PREP2 (UE)	WAB (Language)	PRR-UE; SAFE (UE)	PRR-LE (LE)
5 days		Language		Language				Language
7 days (1 week)			PRESS calc (Swallowing)	TWIST (LE)		UE
10 days						SAFE (UE)
30 days (4 weeks)				UE
2–6 weeks				UE

ASPECTS Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography Score, ASTRAL Acute Stroke Registry and Analysis of Lausanne, GRAVo Glasgow Coma Scale, Race, Age, hematoma Volume, LE Lower Extremity, PEG Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrectomy, PREP2 Predict Recovery Potential, PRESS Predictive Swallowing Score, PRR Proportional Recovery Rule, SAFE Shoulder Abduction Finger Extension, TWIST Time to Walking Independently After Stroke, UE Upper Extremity, WAB Western Aphasia Battery

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