Figure 1.

Blood neurofilament light chain (NfL) levels predict functional improvement in the late phase after stroke. In the cognitive domain, but not for balance and gait, the predictive value of elevated blood NfL levels was dependent on the type of intervention. (A) Forest plots showing estimated standardized coefficients and their 95% confidence interval for the predictors in fully adjusted logistic regression analysis, modelling functional improvement in balance, (B) gait and (C) cognition as a measure of the relative importance of each variable. NIHSS, NIH Stroke Scale. R-MT, rhythm- and music-based therapy; H-RT, horse-riding therapy. Study participants in the delayed intervention group did not receive any rehabilitation during the clinical trial but were offered rhythm- and music-based therapy after study completion. Reproduced from [31] under CC BY-NC 4.0.