Community Based Rehabilitation after Neurologic Injury
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Community based rehabilitation after neurologic injury.
Each year 1.7 million people incur a brain injury, nearly 800,000 suffer a stroke, and 12,000 endure a spinal cord injury. While there is often dramatic and early recovery, individuals with neurologic disabilities are often faced with long-lasting effects that continue well beyond acute hospitalization and inpatient rehabilitation, if any. After initial hospitalization, there is often a lengthy...
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عنوان ژورنال: NeuroRehabilitation
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1878-6448,1053-8135
DOI: 10.3233/nre-2012-0769