Response to the Letter to the editor, JSCVD-D-22-01922

Tokyo Bay Rehabilitation Hospital started a multi-disciplinary nutrition support team (NST) when it was established in 2007. The rehabilitation programs managed by physiatrists aim to achieve the highest activities of daily living (ADLs) for patients with subacute stroke, regardless of the length of stay (LOS). Comment on relationship between initial nutritional status and functional independence measures at discharge in subacute strokeJournal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular DiseasesVol. 32Issue 3PreviewIn a study recently published in this journal, Kamimoto et al.1 reported the relationship between initial nutritional status and functional independence measures at discharge (FIMTM) in subacute stroke. Rehabilitation nutrition in stroke is very important, because Yoshimura et al. reported that the presence or absence of sarcopenia2 and hemoglobin level3 at admission, which are associated with nutrition status, were related to the recovery of ADL after stroke. However, the report by Kamimoto et al. Full-Text PDF