Short-term effects on mobility, activities of daily living and health-related quality of life of a Conductive Education programme for adults with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and stroke

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 329-337

  Brittle, Nicola ^a   Brown, Melanie ^b   Mant, Jonathan ^a   McManus, Richard ^a   Riddoch, Jane ^a   Sackley, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b The National Institute of Conductive Education   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS QUALITY OF LIFE 54 QUESTIONNAIRE; NOTTINGHAM EXTENDED ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CARE; SHORT FORM 36; TREATMENT DURATION; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43549115237     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215507082334     Document Type: Article

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