Does evidence really matter? Professionals’ opinions on the practice of early mobilization after stroke

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 367-376

  Sjöholm, Anna ^a,b   Skarin, Monica ^a,b   Linden, Thomas ^a,b   Bernhardt, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early ambulation; Early mobilization observation; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894046730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JMDH.S24592     Document Type: Article

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