Six‐month prospective study of fall risk factors identification in patients post‐stroke

To determine if the findings at month 1 could correctly identify stroke patients who fell in the 6 months post‐stroke; and to describe the characteristics of fallers and non‐fallers, and their courses of recovery.

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