Standardized assessment instruments for minimally-responsive, brain-injured patients

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-55

  O'Dell, Michael W ^a   Jasin, Philip ^b   Lyons, Nancy ^b   Stivers, Maria ^b   Meszaros, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Drake Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional assessment; Health status; Minimally responsive; Rehabilitation; Traumatic brain injury; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0030045477     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1053-8135(95)00147-6     Document Type: Review

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