Deans' stroke musings: Association between modified Rankin Scale scores and fall risk in post-stroke rehabilitation inpatients: a cross-sectional study

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Association between modified Rankin Scale scores and fall risk in post-stroke rehabilitation inpatients: a cross-sectional study

'Associations' don't get you recovered! Are you that blitheringly stupid you think this research helps survivors in ANY way?

Association between modified Rankin Scale scores and fall risk in post-stroke rehabilitation inpatients: a cross-sectional study

Scientific Reports volume 15, Article number: 39820 (2025) Cite this article

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Abstract

Falls are among the most common complications after stroke, potentially delaying functional recovery. Although the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) is widely used in stroke assessment, its relationship with fall risk remains poorly understood. The study aims to identify the association between mRS scores and fall risk in stroke patients. In this multicenter cross-sectional study, data on sociodemographics, clinical factors, fall characteristics, and mRS scores were collected via face-to-face interviews. Univariate analysis, binary logistic regression, and threshold effect models were employed to examine the association between fall risk and mRS scores. Among 6,192 enrolled patients, 524 (8.46%) experienced falls. The mRS showed a non-linear association with fall risk, peaking at mRS = 3 (P < 0.05). For scores < 3, each 1-point increase in mRS raised fall risk by 34% (OR = 1.32, 95% CI: 1.09– 1.60, P = 0.0046), whereas for scores > 3, each 1-point increase reduced risk by 26% (OR = 0.74, 95% CI: 0.61–0.90, P = 0.0027). An inverted U-shaped relationship exists between mRS scores and fall risk, peaking at an mRS score of 3, identifying a potential priority group for fall prevention.