Short- and Long-Term Effects of an Intensive Inpatient Vision Rehabilitation Program

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 691-695

  Stelmack, Joan A ^a,b,c   Moran, D 'Anna ^a   Dean, Deborah ^a   Massof, Robert W ^d  

^a Department of Pharmacology   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Questionnaires; Rehabilitation; Vision, low

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION CENTER; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

EID: 34249068798     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.03.025     Document Type: Article

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