Stair walking is associated with returning home after inpatient stroke rehabilitation in Belgium and Switzerland: a multicentric retrospective study
The study showed that independence in walking stairs is strongly associated with discharge destination. Aligned with another study, these results should be confirmed in further research.
Authors
- Isabelle Lehmann
- Wim Saeys (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8193-5016)
- Odile Chevalley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0341-5212)
- Emmanuelle Opsommer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3049-2283)
- Katrien Van-Den-Keybus Deglon
- Steven Truijen
- Grégoire Eberlé
Institutions
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (CH)
- University Hospital of Bern (CH)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Archives of Physiotherapy
- Published
- 2026-01-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.33393/aop.2026.3588
- Primary Topic
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00