Recovery and Rehabilitation after Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Abstract

About half of patients survive intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), but most are left with significant disability. Rehabilitation after ICH is the mainstay of treatment to reduce impairment, improve independence in activities, and return patients to meaningful participation in the community. The authors discuss the neuroplastic mechanisms underlying recovery in ICH, preclinical and clinical interventional studies to augment recovery, and the rehabilitative and medical management of post-ICH patients.

Keywords

intracerebral hemorrhage - impairment - disability - plasticity - recovery - rehabilitation

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