Milestones and Timescale of Poststroke Recovery: A Cohort Study

Table 2

Number (and %) of patients who reached the recovery milestones during the observation period and mean days (and SD) elapsed after admission for recovery of each milestone (data available for 159/176 patients).

Milestone	Already present at admission	Not acquired at discharge	Acquired during treatment	Mean time of recovery
Muscle tone recovery	137 (86.2)	5 (3.1)	17 (10.7)	6.8 (5.6)
Trunk control	125 (78.6)	7 (4.4)	27 (17)	6.9 (10.7)
Assisted standing	111 (69.8)	8 (5)	40 (25.5)	8.0 (10.7)
Autonomous standing	44 (27.7)	23 (14.5)	92 (57.9)	12.4 (10.8)
Assisted walking	73 (45.9)	15 (9.4)	71 (44.7)	10.9 (11.6)
Autonomous walking	11 (6.9)	38 (23.9)	110 (69.2)	25.9 (16.3)
Active motility of the affected arm	128 (80.5)	12 (7.5)	19 (11.9)	13.5 (16.3)
Functional recovery of the affected arm	74 (46.5)	20 (12.6)	65 (40.9)	21.8 (16.1)