Clinical utility of the AlphaFIM® instrument in stroke rehabilitation

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 118-124

  Lo, Alexander ^a,b   Tahair, Nicola ^c   Sharp, Shelley ^d   Bayley, Mark T ^a,b  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c GTA Rehab Network   (Canada)

^d TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral hemorrhage; Cerebral infarction; Chronic disease; Ischemic stroke; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE PATIENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; COGNITION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ONTARIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; STROKE; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856146870     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2011.00694.x     Document Type: Article

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