Long-term effect of comorbidity on the course of physical functioning in patients after stroke and with multiple sclerosis

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 322-326

  Dallmeijer, Annet J ^a   Backerman, Heleen ^a   de Groot, Vincent ^a   van de Port, Ingrid G L ^b   Lankhorst, Gustaaf J ^a   Dekker, Joost ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Functional outcome; Neurological disorders; Rehabilition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; STROKE; TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 64349089153     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0335     Document Type: Article

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