Citation

Murie-Fernandez M, Iturralde S, Cenoz M, Casado M, Teasell R. Neurologia 2014; 29(3): 161-167.

Vernacular Title

Capacidad de conducción tras un ictus: evaluación y recuperación.

Affiliation

Unidad de Neurorrehabilitación, Departamento de Neurología, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, España.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Sociedad Española de Neurología, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.nrl.2012.05.006

PMID

22795393

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The ability to drive after a stroke has been recognised by many authors as a sign of independence and it is closely associated with proper social reintegration. However, it remains unclear how the driving ability of an individual who has suffered a stroke should be evaluated, and by whom. Neurorehabilitation can produce improvements in patients who have suffered a stroke, and patients may therefore be able to resume driving at the end of an appropriate neurorehabilitation programme. The aim of this article is to present a literature review in order to highlight current evidence regarding methods for assessing driving ability and therapeutic methods applied in order to recover a patient's ability to drive. DEVELOPMENT: A literature search was performed in different databases for the period between 1993 and 2011. Studies were analysed individually based on methods for assessing driving ability and neurorehabilitation measures. CONCLUSIONS: If there are any doubts regarding stroke patients' ability to drive, patients should be assessed appropriately. The proper way to assess these patients according to the literature is by employing a multidisciplinary evaluation to determine who is able to take a road test. Neurorehabilitation exercises currently in use may be able to improve driving ability in stroke patients.

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