The NHV Rehabilitation Services Program Improves Long-Term Physical Functioning in Survivors of the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake: A Longitudinal Quasi Experiment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Xia ^a,b   Reinhardt, Jan D ^b,c,d   Gosney, James E ^b   Li, Jianan ^a,b  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CHINA; COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; REHABILITATION CARE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURVIVOR; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; DISABLED PERSONS; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84872129071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053995     Document Type: Article

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