An economic analysis of robot-assisted therapy for long-term upper-limb impairment after stroke

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2630-2632

  Wagner, Todd H ^a   Lo, Albert C ^b   Peduzzi, Peter ^c   Bravata, Dawn M ^d   Huang, Grant D ^e   Krebs, Hermano I ^f,g   Ringer, Robert J ^h   Federman, Daniel G ^i,j   Richards, Lorie G ^k   Haselkorn, Jodie K ^l   Wittenberg, George F ^g   Volpe, Bruce T ^m   Bever, Christopher T ^g   Duncan, Pamela W ⁿ   Siroka, Andrew ^o   Guarino, Peter D ^p  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Office of Research and Development   (United States)

^f Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

ⁱ VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^j YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^m WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁿ DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^o VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^p VA Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center   (United States)

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Author keywords

cost; economic; rehabilitation; robotics; stroke

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH UTILITIES INDEX; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CARE; ROBOT ASSISTED THERAPY; STROKE; STROKE IMPACT SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROBOTICS; STROKE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 80052395512     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.606442     Document Type: Article

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