Admission Norton scale scores correlate with rehabilitation outcome and length in elderly patients following cerebrovascular accident

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 445-449

  Justo, Dan ^a   Fridman, Vadim ^a   Borodin, Oxana ^a   Rozenberg, Faina ^a   Rabinovich, Alexander ^a   Lerman, Yaffa ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Norton scale; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

AGE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GENDER; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NORTON SCALE; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; LENGTH OF STAY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856299931     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03325240     Document Type: Article

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