Motor function and participation among Nigerian stroke survivors: 6-Month follow-up study

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-142

  Hamzat, Talhatu K ^a   Peters, Grace O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Motor function; Nigerian; Participation; Stroke survivors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NIGERIA; OCCUPATION; SITTING; STANDING; STROKE; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NIGERIA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; SURVIVORS; WALKING;

EID: 70350439636     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-2009-0509     Document Type: Article

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