Black-White Disparities in Motor Function Outcomes Taking Into Account Patient Characteristics, Nontherapy Ancillaries, Therapy Activities, and Therapy Interventions

After controlling for interventions within activities, no racial differences were found in functional outcomes at discharge despite racial differences in rehabilitation care, possibly because each racial group received a mixture of interventions that were negatively and positively associated with outcome. Clinicians should provide therapies associated with better outcomes with high and similar intensities for black and white patients poststroke.