Is the proportional recovery rule applicable to the lower limb after a first-ever ischemic stroke?

OBJECTIVE To investigate (a) the applicability of the proportional recovery rule of spontaneous neurobiological recovery to motor function of the paretic lower extremity (LE); and (b) the presence of fitters and non-fitters of this prognostic rule poststroke. When present, the clinical threshold for fitting nor non-fitting would be determined, as well as within-subject generalizability to the paretic upper extremity (UE). METHODS Prospective cohort study in which the Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA)-LE and FMA-UE were measured