Sitting up and transferring to a chair: Two functional tests for patients with stroke

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 180-183

  Sunnerhagen, Katharina Stibrant ^a   Brown, Belinda ^b   Kasper, Christine E ^c  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Winston Salem University   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional tests; Physical therapy; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHAIR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RELIABILITY; SITTING; STANDING; STROKE; SUPINE POSITION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WHEELCHAIR;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTURE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038301823     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16501970306130     Document Type: Article

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