Physical therapist treatment of patients in the neurological intensive care unit: Description of practice

Physical Therapy

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1006-1014

  Sottile, Peter D ^a   Nordon Craft, Amy ^b   Malone, Daniel ^b   Luby, Darcie M ^b   Schenkman, Margaret ^b   Moss, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN INJURIES; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CRANIOTOMY; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84930759480     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20140112     Document Type: Article

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