Discharge Function and Length of Stay for Patients with Stroke are Predicted by Lower Extremity Muscle Force on Admission to Rehabilitation

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 93-97

  Andrews, A Williams ^a   Bohannon, Richard W ^b  

^a ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; STROKE;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LEG; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035663736     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154596830101500202     Document Type: Article

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