The Impact of Timing and Dose of Rehabilitation Delivery on Functional Recovery of Stroke Patients

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 257-264

  Huang, Hsiu Chen ^a,b   Chung, Kao Chi ^b   Lai, Der Chung ^a   Sung, Sheng Feng ^c  

^a Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ^*  (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Barthel Index; dose; functional recovery; stroke rehabilitation; timing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67649313505     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70066-8     Document Type: Article

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