The study assesses a programme that could be considered ideal, in the light of current knowledge: it combines aerobic and strength exercises and is supervised by nurses to adapt the intensity of the exercise to the current functional situation of each patient, thereby taking best advantage of each session while safeguarding patient safety.
Both strongly influence the description of the emotional and functional situation by the patient, yet we were not able to prove a relation to the wish for CRS.
The same variables as in the initial visit will be collected to detect changes in the quality of life, functional situation, symptoms, tolerance to effort, use of medication and use of healthcare resources.
The analysis will be focused on the proportion of patients who are recovered to a normal functional situation at the short and long term.
Overall, these data support the notion of profound plastic alteration of the corticostriatal connection after DA depletion and L-dopa treatment and further suggest that the apparent normalization in the number of dendritic spines is actually not normalization but reflects the establishment of a different functional situation.
Of 445 patients studied after 3 years of admission 171 died, and of the 274 who survived 198 (72.2%) were in a similar functional situation after 1 year, 11 (4.01%) had worsened functional situation, of which 10 had died, and 65 (27.72%) had improved situation (P < 0.001).
This study shows that approximately 75% of the patients who survived after 3 years from admission to the ICU with traumatic brain injury presented good recovery with functional situation normal or with some limitations but self-sufficient.
Between 1 and 3 years after admission, approximately 25% of patients improved their functional situation.
30, 31 Furthermore, all patients should receive an individualized rehabilitation program to achieve an optimum functional situation.
Our interest in this study was to study independent individuals against those presenting some degree of dependence, thus functional situation is classified into two categories.
