Additional Saturday rehabilitation improves functional independence and quality of life and reduces length of stay: A randomized controlled trial

BMC Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Peiris, Casey L ^a,b   Shields, Nora ^a,c   Brusco, Natasha K ^a,d   Watts, Jennifer J ^e   Taylor, Nicholas F ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Allied Health Clinical Research Office   (Australia)

^c Southern Health   (Australia)

^d CABRINI INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Occupational therapy; Physiotherapy; Quality of life; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887883582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-11-198     Document Type: Article

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