Functional recovery trajectories in post-acute stroke care: rethinking the length of stay
Chao-Hung Yu, Ya-Wen Lee, Chih-Hao Lin, Hui-Yi Yang, Ying-Lin Hsu, Mu-Chien Sun, Chun-Yi Lin, Hao-Chih Yin, Hsiao-Fen Sun, Hui-Chun Tu, Pi-Ju Hsiao, Chih-Ming Lin · 2026
Read Functional recovery trajectories in post-acute stroke care: rethinking the length of stay by Chao-Hung Yu, Ya-Wen Lee, Chih-Hao Lin, Hui-Yi Yang, Ying-Lin Hsu, Mu-Chien Sun, Chun-Yi Lin, Hao-Chih Yin, Hsiao-Fen Sun, Hui-Chun Tu, Pi-Ju Hsiao, Chih-Ming Lin (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-13583727.txt.
Description
Chao-Hung Yu and eleven colleagues present a 2026 study on a deceptively practical question: how long should stroke rehabilitation last? Taiwan's post-acute care program offers intensive rehab, but stays vary widely with no agreed optimum. The team analyzed six hundred ten patients, statistically leveling their starting disability so longer and shorter stays could be compared fairly.
Stays beyond six weeks came with better odds of functional improvement and lower odds of leaving still heavily dependent. Gains kept accruing past six weeks for the common ischemic stroke type. The authors are careful: longer stays may reflect recovery still in progress rather than causing it. Their prescription is against a single time cap, arguing duration should follow each patient's trajectory.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Chao-Hung Yu, Ya-Wen Lee, Chih-Hao Lin, Hui-Yi Yang, Ying-Lin Hsu, Mu-Chien Sun, Chun-Yi Lin, Hao-Chih Yin, Hsiao-Fen Sun, Hui-Chun Tu, Pi-Ju Hsiao, Chih-Ming Lin |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 42 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |