Joint contractures in the intensive care unit: Association with resource utilization and ambulatory status at discharge

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-112

  Clavet, Heidi ^a,b   Hébert, Paul C ^a,b   Fergusson, Dean A ^a,b   Doucette, Steve ^b   Trudel, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

intensive care unit; Joint contractures; resource utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOTHERAPY; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WALKING;

CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; JOINT DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WALKING;

EID: 78649832882     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2010.486468     Document Type: Article

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