Circuit class or seven-day therapy for increasing intensity of rehabilitation after stroke: Protocol of the CIRCIT trial

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 560-565

  Hillier, Susan ^a   English, Coralie ^a   Crotty, Maria ^b   Segal, Leonie ^a   Bernhardt, Julie ^c   Esterman, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; WALKING SPEED;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ARM; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LENGTH OF STAY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SAMPLE SIZE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 82255163215     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2011.00686.x     Document Type: Article

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