The aim of this study was to compare the locomotor functional recovery of 
patients with brain tumor and patients with stroke. Each patient with a brain 
tumor was matched to a patient with stroke according to the lesion side. 
Twenty-one patients operated for intracranial tumors and 21 patients with stroke 
were studied. The mean ages (+/- standard deviation) of patients were 52.5+/-16 
years for patients with brain tumor and 56.7+/-11 years for patients with 
stroke. For each patient, the age, gender, presence of aphasia, smoking habit, 
co-morbidities, lesion origin and lesion size (for the brain tumor group) were 
recorded. Locomotor and functional recovery were evaluated by using the Postural 
Assessment Scale for Stroke, the Berg Balance Scale, Motor Assessment Scale and 
the mobility section of the Functional Impairment Measure. There was no 
difference regarding demographic characteristics between the two groups. After 
rehabilitation both groups had significantly improved in terms of all 
parameters, but the extent of improvement did not differ between the two groups.