Projecting Function of Stroke Patients in Rehabilitation Using the AlphaFIM Instrument in Acute Care

PM and R

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 234-239

  Stillman, Gary ^a   Granger, Carl ^b   Niewczyk, Paulette ^b  

^a Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ALPHAFIM INSTRUMENT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; RELIABILITY; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61649123847     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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