A knowledge translation intervention to enhance clinical application of a virtual reality system in stroke rehabilitation

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-11

  Levac, Danielle ^a   Glegg, Stephanie M N ^b   Sveistrup, Heidi ^c   Colquhoun, Heather ^d   Miller, Patricia A ^e   Finestone, Hillel ^f   DePaul, Vincent ^g   Harris, Jocelyn E ^e   Velikonja, Diana ^h,i  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f University of Ottawa   (Canada)

^g QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

ⁱ MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Knowledge translation; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARDS; STROKE REHABILITATION; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF EFFICACY; STROKE REHABILITATION; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84991490294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1807-6     Document Type: Article

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