Electronic reminding technology following traumatic brain injury: Effects on timely task completion

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 339-347

  Dowds, Murdo M ^e   Lee, Patricia H ^a   Sheer, Jeffrey B ^b   O'Neil Pirozzi, Therese M ^c   Xenopoulos Oddsson, Annette ^d   Goldstein, Richard ^d   Zainea, Kathryn L ^d   Glenn, Mel B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

cognitive disability; cognitive impairment; functional independence; handheld computers; memory disorders; prospective memory; rehabilitation; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL TASK; PAPER; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIMELY TASK COMPLETION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 80455141468     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: 1550509X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0b013e3181f2bf1d     Document Type: Article

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