A randomised controlled trial to determine the effect of intensity of therapy upon length of stay in a neurological rehabilitation setting

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 260-266

  Slade, Anita ^a   Tennant, Alan ^a   Chamberlain, M Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain injuries; Cerebrovascular accident; Delivery of health care; Intensity; Length of stay; Physical therapy; Rehabilitation; Rehabilitation centres; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036828413     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/165019702760390347     Document Type: Article

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