The negative impact of spasticity on the health-related quality of life of stroke survivors: A longitudinal cohort study

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gillard, Patrick J ^a   Sucharew, Heidi ^b   Kleindorfer, Dawn ^c   Belagaje, Samir ^d   Varon, Sepideh ^a   Alwell, Kathleen ^c   Moomaw, Charles J ^c   Woo, Daniel ^c   Khatri, Pooja ^c   Flaherty, Matthew L ^c   Adeoye, Opeolu ^c   Ferioli, Simona ^c   Kissela, Brett ^c  

^a ALLERGAN INC   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

quality of life; spasticity; Stroke; stroke rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABILITY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; SURVIVOR;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; STROKE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84942512480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12955-015-0340-3     Document Type: Article

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