Reasons for recovery after stroke: A perspective based on personal experience

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 507-516

  Jones, Fiona ^a   Mandy, Anne ^b   Partridge, Cecily ^c  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Recovery; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; EXPERIENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INDEPENDENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STROKE; TREATMENT PLANNING; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE;

EID: 41449101421     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280701355561     Document Type: Article

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