Effect and process evaluation of implementing standardized tests to monitor patients in spinal cord injury rehabilitation

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 588-597

  De Groot, Sonja ^a,b   Bevers, Geertje ^c   Post, Marcel W M ^d   Woldring, Ferry A B ^b   Mulder, Dineke G A ^b   Van Der Woude, Lucas H V ^b  

^a Rehabilitation Center Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Outcomes; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REHABILITATION CENTER; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 76649110198     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638280903174414     Document Type: Article

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