Clinical Telerehabilitation: Applications for Physiatrists

PM and R

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 647-656

  Gregory, Patricia ^a   Alexander, Joshua ^b   Satinsky, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGIST; BRAIN INJURY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECUBITUS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSPHAGIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LICENSING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; RECREATIONAL THERAPY; REHABILITATION CENTER; REIMBURSEMENT; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; SURVIVOR; TECHNOLOGY; TELECONFERENCE; TELEMEDICINE; TELEREHABILITATION; TINNITUS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 79960451101     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2011.02.024     Document Type: Article

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