Recovery of Ambulation during Inpatient Rehabilitation: Physical Therapist Prognosis for Children and Adolescents with Traumatic Brain Injury

Physical Therapy

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 232-242

  Dumas, Helene M ^a   Haley, Stephen M ^b   Ludlow, Larry H ^c   Carey, Tara M ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injuries; Child; Prognosis; Rehabilitation; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CONVALESCENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MOBILIZATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT PLANNING; WALKING; WALKING AID;

EID: 1542316354     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/84.3.232     Document Type: Article

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