Increasing the dose of acute rehabilitation: Is there a benefit?

BMC Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Parker, Ann M ^a,b   Lord, Robert K ^a,b   Needham, Dale M ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Length of stay; Mobility limitation; Occupational therapy; Physical therapy modalities; Quality of life; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION CENTER; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION;

EID: 84887960039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-11-199     Document Type: Editorial

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