Personal digital assistants as cognitive aids for individuals with severe traumatic brain injury: A community-based trial

Brain Injury

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-24

  Gentry, Tony ^a   Wallace, Joseph ^b   Kvarfordt, Connie ^c   Lynch, Kathleen Bodisch ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Assistive Technology Loan Fund Authority   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Brain injury; Cognition; Occupational therapy; PDA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; REHABILITATION CARE; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNICAL AID; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 38049153015     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050701810688     Document Type: Article

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