Centenarian stroke treated with rehabilitation therapy

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1412-1413

  García, Verónica Domingo ^a   Hernández, María Susana Gil ^a   Rexach, José Antonio Serra ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; APHASIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELIRIUM; FOOT ORTHOSIS; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LETTER; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; REHABILITATION CARE; STROKE; WEAKNESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE;

EID: 77954319409     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02930.x     Document Type: Letter

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