Determinants of return to work among Nigerian stroke survivors

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 455-459

  Peters, Grace O ^a   Buni, Samuel G ^a   Oyeyemi, Adetoyeje Y ^a   Hamzat, Talhatu K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Functional ability; Nigeria; Physiotherapy; Return to work; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONVALESCENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NIGERIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RETURN TO WORK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETURN TO WORK; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874024092     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2012.697251     Document Type: Article

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