Telerehabilitation to improve outcomes for people with stroke: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Saywell, Nicola ^a   Vandal, Alain C ^a,b   Brown, Paul ^e   Hanger, H C ^c   Hale, Leigh ^d   Mudge, Suzie ^a   Milosavljevic, Stephan ^d   Feigin, Valery ^a   Taylor, Denise ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b Division of Medicine Emergency and Integrated Care   (New Zealand)

^c Older Persons Health Specialist Service   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effective; Exercise; Physiotherapy; Resources; Stroke; Telerehabilitation; Transition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE; TELEREHABILITATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870320992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-13-233     Document Type: Article

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