Impact of patient's weight on stroke rehabilitation results

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 650-655

  Kalichman, Leonid ^e   Rodrigues, Biana ^a   Gurvich, Diana ^b   Israelov, Ziva ^c   Spivak, Elina ^d  

^a Hartzfeld Hospital   (Israel)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

BMI; CVA; FIM Test; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; REHABILITATION CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34547700226     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e318115f41b     Document Type: Article

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