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Objective: Introduction: Comprehensive rehabilitation after stroke is to help the patient recover optimal physical and mental condition. The multidirectional approach to the patient implemented by a multidisciplinary team: physicians, physiotherapists, neurologopedians and neuropsychologists allows the best use of the patient's potential. The aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of comprehensive neurological rehabilitation of patients after ischemic stroke., Patients and Methods: Materials and methods: The 90 patients after ischemic stroke were examined. The first examined group (45 people) consisted of patients rehabilitated at the Department of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine of the WAM University Hospital in Lodz. The second examined group number (45 people) consisted of patients waiting for admission to the Department of Rehabilitation, who were rehabilitated in environmental conditions. The patients were examined twice: first before the rehabilitation (study I) and then at the end of rehabilitation program (study II). The ADL Index by Barthel was used to assess the functional status of the patients. In addition, speech disorders (SODA scale) and emotional state (Beck Depression Scale) were assessed in patients., Results: Results: Both individuals after stroke rehabilitated in hospital and those rehabilitated in environmental conditions achieved a significant improvement in activities of daily living and improvement in speech - symptoms of aphasia were withdrawn. However, only stroke patients rehabilitated in hospital conditions achieved a significant improvement in the emotional state., Conclusion: Conclusions: Stroke patients rehabilitated in hospital conditions have significantly improved their functional status and emotional state compared to patients rehabilitated in environmental conditions.

Objective: Introduction: In this article, the authors focused on the symptoms of ischemic stroke and the effect of neurorehabilitation methods on the functional status of patients after ischemic stroke. The aim of the study was to evaluate and compare the functional status of patients after ischemic stroke with improved classic kinesiotherapy, classic kinesiotherapy and NDT-Bobath and classic kinesiotherapy and PNF., Patients and Methods: Materials and methods: The study involved 120 patients after ischemic stroke. Patients were treated in the Department of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine USK of Medical University in Lodz. Patients were divided into 3 groups of 40 people. Group 1 was rehabilitated by classical kinesiotherapy. Group 2 was rehabilitated by classic kinesiotherapy and NTD-Bobath. Group 3 was rehabilitated by classical kinesiotherapy and PNF. In all patient groups, magnetostimulation was performed using the Viofor JPS System. The study was conducted twice: before treatment and immediately after 5 weeks after the therapy. The effects of applied neurorehabilitation methods were assessed on the basis of the Rivermead Motor Assessment (RMA)., Results: Results: In all three patient groups, functional improvement was achieved. However, a significantly higher improvement was observed in patients in the second group, enhanced with classical kinesitherapy and NDT-Bobath., Conclusion: Conclusions: The use of classical kinesiotherapy combined with the NDT-Bobath method is noticeably more effective in improving functional status than the use only classical kinesiotherapy or combination of classical kinesiotherapy and PNF patients after ischemic stroke.