Rehabilitation for patients after stroke in a tertiary hospital: Is it early and intensive enough?

International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 603-610

  Nordin, Nor Azlin Mohd ^a,b   Aziz, Noor Azah ^c   Alkaff, Sharifa Ezat ^c   Sulong, Saperi ^d   Aljunid, Syed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b United Nations University International Institute for Global Health (UNU IIGH)   (Malaysia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Discharge outcome; Modified rankin scale; Rehabilitation; Tertiary hospital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869212903     PISSN: 17411645     EISSN: 1759779X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijtr.2012.19.11.603     Document Type: Article

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