Early Integration of Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation Improves Functional Outcomes in Stroke Patients: A Prospective Pragmatic Study and Nested Case-Control Analysis.

After 24 weeks of treatment, significant improvements were observed in ADL (mean change 5.99, 95% confidence interval [CI] 4.50 to 7.48), mini-mental state examination (1.21, 95% CI 0.87 to 1.55), and traditional Chinese medicine syndrome score scale (-2.89, 95% CI -3.30 to -2.47).

Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that patients with baseline ADL < 90 had markedly higher responder proportions (46.8% at 60 sessions, 53.6% at 72 sessions) than those with ADL ≥ 90 (9.4% and 12.3%, respectively; log-rank Ps < 0.001).