Factors associated with independent ambulation at 3 months after putaminal hemorrhage: an observational study.
Noriko Ikeda, Masaru Sakurai, Emika Yamada and 4 others
PMID 38562533WHAT IT FOUND
Three months after putaminal hemorrhage, hip movement ability, cognitive score, and ventricular rupture predicted independent walking.
A hemiplegia grade of 6 or higher was the strongest predictor, with 100% specificity for ambulation.
Key findings
01Ventricular rupture, hemiplegia function grade, and FIM cognitive score were independently associated with ambulation at 3 months.
02A hemiplegia function grade of 6 or higher predicted ambulation with 80.4% sensitivity and 100% specificity.
03A FIM cognitive score of 18 or higher predicted ambulation with 76.5% sensitivity and 87.9% specificity.
STILL TO COME
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What it does not show
Single-center retrospective design limits generalizability. Did not assess trunk stability or balance, which are key components of ambulation. Only a small number of patients became ambulatory after 3 months, but long-term follow-up was not conducted. Surgery was more common in non-ambulators, but logistic regression showed no independent association between surgery and ambulation, suggesting hematoma volume may confound this relationship.
Declared interests
Funded by Kanazawa Medical University Hospital Research Grant-in-Aid for Allied Health Professionals. Authors declared no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not assume that a high hemiplegia grade or good cognitive score guarantees ambulation. These are predictive factors, not certainties. Ventricular rupture significantly lowers the odds of ambulation regardless of other scores.