[Value of neuro-rehabilitation. Attempt at quantification as exemplified in 312 stroke patients in the Valens Hospital].

Functional recovery was assessed in 312 patients with hemiplegia (153 right, 159 left) due to stroke (210 men, 102 women), who were treated at the Rehabilitation Centre, Valens, Switzerland. A scoring system was developed using a number of items in hierarchic order for gross function (13 items), leg and trunk (10 items) and arm (15 items). The test was applied at entry and at monthly intervals during treatment. The difference in scores before and after the rehabilitation program was statistically highly significant, irrespective of age and time interval between stroke and onset of treatment. Two thirds to three fourths of patients who were wheelchair-bound at entry no longer used a wheelchair at the end of the treatment period. Lower scores at entry necessitated longer rehabilitation.