Racial/ethnic variation in recovery of motor function in stroke survivors: Role of informal caregivers

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-232

  Hinojosa, Melanie Sberna ^a,b   Rittman, Maude ^c   Hinojosa, Ramon ^a,d   Rodriguez, William ^e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Veterans Affairs Caribbean Health System ^*  (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

African American; Caregivers; Caucasian; Longitudinal; Puerto Rican; Race ethnicity; Recovery; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAREGIVERS; CAUCASIAN; LONGITUDINAL; PUERTO RICAN; RACE/ETHNICITY; REHABILITATION; STROKE; VETERANS;

MOTORS; NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION;

RECOVERY;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; CONVALESCENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERAN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67049160412     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2008.10.0175     Document Type: Article

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