Mobility Assistive Device Utilization in a Prospective Study of Patients With First-Ever Stroke

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1268-1275

  Jutai, Jeffrey ^a,b   Coulson, Sherry ^a,b   Teasell, Robert ^a,b   Bayley, Mark ^c   Garland, Jayne ^b   Mayo, Nancy ^d   Wood Dauphinee, Sharon ^d  

^a LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COGNITION; DEVICE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; TECHNOLOGY; UNIVERSITY; WALKING AID; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 34748851218     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.06.773     Document Type: Article

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