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For younger patients with stroke, does rehabilitation in the home, compared to rehabilitation in the day clinic, improve early level of activity participation?
Occupational Therapy | Critically Appraised Papers Series
  • Elizabeth Ashley Brown, Dominican University of California
  • Alex Robert Shragg, Dominican University of California
  • Jovita Vasquez, Dominican University of California
  • Kitsum Li, Department of Occupational Therapy, Dominican University of California
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Article
Publication Date
1-1-2014
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Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to determine if 3 weeks of rehabilitation in the home setting improves activity to a larger extent and facilitates rehabilitation in younger patients following a stroke compared to patients receiving intervention in an outpatient rehabilitation clinic. Cost effectiveness among these interventions was also described.

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A product of the American Occupational Therapy Association's Evidence-based Literature Review Project.

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Copyright © 2014 American Occupational Therapy Association. All Rights Reserved. Reproduced here with permission.
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Originally published as product of the American Occupational Therapy Association's Evidence-Based Literature Review Project.

Citation Information
Elizabeth Ashley Brown, Alex Robert Shragg, Jovita Vasquez and Kitsum Li. "For younger patients with stroke, does rehabilitation in the home, compared to rehabilitation in the day clinic, improve early level of activity participation?" (2014)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kitsum_li/25/