Executive dysfunction post-stroke: An insight into the perspectives of physiotherapists

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 37, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 1817-1824

  Hayes, Sara ^a   Donnellan, Claire ^b   Stokes, Emma ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Executive dysfunction; physiotherapy; qualitative research; rehabilitation; stroke

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; STROKE;

EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRELAND; MALE; PHYSICAL THERAPISTS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STROKE;

EID: 84939864104     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2014.980915     Document Type: Article

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