Half of the adults who present to hospital with stroke develop at least one contracture within six months: An observational study

Journal of Physiotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-47

  Kwah, Li Khim ^a   Harvey, Lisa A ^b   Diong, Joanna H L ^a   Herbert, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contracture; Incidence; Prognosis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 84856873091     PISSN: 18369553     EISSN: 18369561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1836-9553(12)70071-1     Document Type: Article

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