Driving Behaviors Among Community-Dwelling Persons With Multiple Sclerosis

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 975-981

  Schultheis, Maria T ^a,b   Weisser, Valerie ^a   Manning, Kevin ^a   Blasco, Allison ^a   Ang, Jocelyn ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobile driving; Multiple sclerosis; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

BETA1A INTERFERON; GLATIRAMER; INTERFERON BETA SERINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; REHABILITATION CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 65749089847     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.12.017     Document Type: Article

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