Dose-response relationship between physiotherapy resource provision with function and balance improvements in patients following stroke: A multi-centre observational study

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 136-142

  Haines, Terry P ^a,e   Kuys, Suzanne ^b   Clarke, Jane ^c   Morrison, Greg ^d   Bew, Paul ^d  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ST ANDREW S WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

hospitals; rehabilitation; stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; FUNCTIONAL REACH TEST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEP TEST; STROKE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 78751657424     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01380.x     Document Type: Article

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