Translational neurorehabilitation research in the third world: What barriers to trial participation can teach us

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1495-1497

  Anjos, Sarah M ^a   Cohen, Leonardo G ^b   Sterr, Annette ^c   De Andrade, Karina N F ^a   Conforto, Adriana B ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN BRAZILIAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BRAZIL; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; VERY ELDERLY;

REHABILITATION; STROKE;

AGED; BRAZIL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; RECURRENCE; STROKE; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84899969749     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.003572     Document Type: Article

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