We wanted 80% of stroke patients to have a completed ... and a 5-point Likert scale (1 = weak belief, 5 = strong belief) to measure staff nurse beliefs. Participants were encouraged to be open ...

The baseline NIH Stroke Scale score was a median 3.0. Over 70% of participants had been randomized on the later end of the eligibility window, in the 3-6 months after their index stroke.

Secondary outcomes included performance on a gait speed test, Barthel Index (BI), NIH Stroke Scale score (NIHSS), Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) MRI, resting state fMRI and ...

Strokes were typed as cardioembolic in nearly 70% of cases. The patients had a median NIH Stroke Scale score of 15-16 at admission. Occlusion sites were in the M1 segment of the middle cerebral ...

The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is accepted as the definitive clinical examination to assess stroke severity. This project examined barriers to implementation and NIHSS use ...