Effects of an occupational therapy program on functional outcomes in older stroke patients

Gerontology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-91

  Landi, Francesco ^a   Cesari, Matteo ^a,b   Onder, Graziano ^a,b   Tafani, Alessia ^a   Zamboni, Valentina ^a   Cocchi, Alberto ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Frail elderly; Functional outcomes; Occupational therapy; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE PATIENT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644650730     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090953     Document Type: Article

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