Ageism in stroke rehabilitation studies

Age and Ageing

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 429-431

  Gaynor, Eva Joan ^a   Geoghegan, Sheena Elizabeth ^a   O'Neill, Desmond ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ageism; Older people; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGEISM; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DYSPHASIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REHABILITATION CARE; SEX RATIO; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEMENTIA; GENDER; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROCEDURES; SELECTION BIAS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE;

AGED; AGEISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELECTION BIAS; STROKE;

EID: 84901999911     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afu026     Document Type: Article

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