A pilot study of attention deficits, balance control and falls in the subacute stage following stroke

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 437-444

  Stapleton, Tadhg ^a   Ashburn, Ann ^a   Stack, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUDITORY SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCORING SYSTEM; STAGING; STANDARD; STROKE; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VISION; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; WARD;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034884107     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026921501678310243     Document Type: Article

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