2005
Decline in Physical Performance Among Women With a Recent Transient Ischemic Attack or Ischemic Stroke
Kernan WN, Viscoli CM, Brass LM, Gill TM, Sarrel PM, Horwitz RI. Decline in Physical Performance Among Women With a Recent Transient Ischemic Attack or Ischemic Stroke. Stroke 2005, 36: 630-634. PMID: 15677573, DOI: 10.1161/01.str.0000155728.42847.de.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransient ischemic attackIschemic strokePhysical performance testsPhysical performanceIschemic attackRecent transient ischemic attackRecent ischemic strokeRecurrent neurological eventsAbsence of recurrenceLong-term disabilityEstrogen therapyRecurrent strokePostmenopausal womenNeurological eventsClinical trialsPPT scoresBaseline scoresFunctional independenceStrokeSpecific interventionsSubsequent strokeWomenSustained declineScoresBaseline
2002
Clinical assessment of function among women with a recent cerebrovascular event: a self-reported versus performance-based measure.
Owens PL, Bradley EH, Horwitz SM, Viscoli CM, Kernan WN, Brass LM, Sarrel PM, Horwitz RI. Clinical assessment of function among women with a recent cerebrovascular event: a self-reported versus performance-based measure. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2002, 136: 802-11. PMID: 12044128, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-136-11-200206040-00008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term health outcomesRecent cerebrovascular eventsLevel of functionCerebrovascular eventsPerformance-based measuresHealth outcomesSelf-reported functional statusTransient ischemic attackProspective cohort studyPhysical performance testsSelf-report measuresIschemic attackPostmenopausal womenBarthel IndexCohort studyNonwhite ethnicityFunctional statusClinical assessmentMost womenHealth measuresClinical settingSubsequent strokeWomenOutcomesStroke
1991
A methodological appraisal of research on prognosis after transient ischemic attacks.
Kernan W, Feinstein A, Brass L. A methodological appraisal of research on prognosis after transient ischemic attacks. Stroke 1991, 22: 1108-1116. PMID: 1926253, DOI: 10.1161/01.str.22.9.1108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransient ischemic attackTransient ischemiaIschemic attackEligible studiesAspects of prognosisObservational cohort studyPrognosis of patientsSubgroup of patientsAppropriate end pointsPeer-reviewed journalsCohort studyInception cohortOutcome ratesIndividual patientsDiagnostic criteriaPatientsOutcome riskIschemiaMultivariate analysisPrognosisEnd pointSubsequent strokeAdherencePredictive variablesStrokeA prognostic system for transient ischemia or minor stroke.
Kernan WN, Horwitz RI, Brass LM, Viscoli CM, Taylor KJ. A prognostic system for transient ischemia or minor stroke. Annals Of Internal Medicine 1991, 114: 552-7. PMID: 2001088, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-114-7-552.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCarotid transient ischemic attacksTransient ischemic attackMinor strokeOutcome ratesRisk group 1Ischemic attackTransient ischemiaPrognostic systemGroup 1Urban community teaching hospitalInception cohort studyCommunity teaching hospitalEligible patientsCohort studyClinical featuresOriginal cohortTeaching hospitalTest cohortStrokePatientsSubsequent strokeHypertensionIschemiaDeathDiabetes