Differences between poststroke drivers and nondrivers: Demographic characteristics, medical status, and transportation use

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 904-923

  Finestone, Hillel M ^a,b,c,d   Marshall, Shawn C ^b,c,d   Rozenberg, Dmitry ^f   Moussa, Raffy C ^g   Hunt, Lynn ^c   Greene Finestone, Linda S ^d,e  

^a University of Ottawa   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

^c Rehabilitation Centre   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automobile Driving; Cerebrovascular accident; Driving cessation; Stroke; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; STROKE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 74249095490     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e3181aa001e     Document Type: Article

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