Recovery from lateropulsion: The role of lesion side and impairments

Abstract

This link between severity of stroke impairments and delayed recovery from lateropulsion or simply the number of deficits, without considering their severity, demonstrates that these patients lack some fundamental tools to help them re-learn vertical upright posture. This delay will impact restoration of their ability to perform activities of daily living, therefore, their inpatient rehabilitation should be longer than that for patients without lateropulsion. Physical and occupational therapists will need to focus on ameliorating the deficits as well as working on postural control, therefore, increased time in therapy and creative augmented therapy should factor into patient scheduling in cases of lateropulsion.