SLEEP DISORDERS AND REHABILITATION EFFECTIVENESS IN POST-STROKE PATIENTS

Abstract

The present study provides an analysis of the prevalence of sleep disorders in patients who have suffered an ischemic stroke and their impact on the effectiveness of early motor rehabilitation. Considering that sleep plays a key role in neuroplasticity, memory consolidation, and motor function recovery, the investigation of this issue has significant clinical and practical importance.

Recent international studies (Cai et al., Sleep Disorders in Stroke: An Update on Management, Aging Dis., 2021; Rissardo et al., Med. Sci., 2025; Li et al., J. Clin. Med., 2024) emphasize that insomnia and sleep apnea markedly impair neurological recovery and functional outcomes. Moreover, sleep disturbances cause hypoxia, dysregulation of corticolimbic networks, and increase the risk of recurrent strokes (Practical Neurology, 2024; Neurología [English Edition], 2013). These findings are consistent with the results of the present study and confirm the necessity of an integrated approach to the diagnosis and correction of sleep disorders in post-stroke patients.