Time course of neurologic recovery after stroke

The time course of recovery in survivors shown as the cumulated rate of patients having reached their best neurological outcome. Rates are given for all patients, §; for patients with initial mild stroke severity, ◊; for patients with initial moderate stroke severity, Δ; for patients with initial severe stroke severity, *; for patients with initial very severe stroke severity, •. The ANOVA test showed an overall difference in the time course of recovery between the groups, p<0.0001. Further analyses showed that the time course of recovery differed significantly between patients with initially mild strokes versus moderate strokes, p<0.0001, and between patients with moderate strokes versus severe strokes, p<0.03. No difference was found between patients with severe versus very severe strokes, p = 0.19.