Are recommendations regarding inpatient therapy intensity following acute stroke really evidence-based?

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 96-103

  Foley, Norine ^a   Pereira, Shelialah ^a   Salter, Katherine ^a   Meyer, Matthew ^a   McClure, J Andrew ^a,b   Teasell, Robert ^a,b,c  

^a LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

evidence based medicine; inpatients; occupational therapy; physical therapy; practice guideline; rehabilitation; stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REHABILITATION CARE; STROKE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACUTE DISEASE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; STROKE;

EID: 84860185239     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: 19455119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1902-96     Document Type: Article

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