Post-acute rehabilitation following traumatic brain injury: Are both early and later improved outcomes possible?

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 361-363

  Coetzer, Rudi ^a   Rushe, Richard ^b  

^a BETSI CADWALADR UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Outcome; Rehabilitation; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

OUTCOME; POST INJURY; SELF RATING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CAREGIVER; EUROPE; EUROPEAN BRAIN INJURY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF EVALUATION; AMBULATORY CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONVALESCENCE; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BRAIN INJURIES; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645875045     PISSN: 03425282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004356-200512000-00010     Document Type: Article

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