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An extended activities of daily living scale for stroke patients
FM Nouri,Nadina B. Lincoln +1 more
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The extended ADL scale could be used as a postal questionnaire to assist in the follow-up of patients discharged home after a stroke and can be monitored and patients can also be compared on the basis of their scale score.Abstract:
A ranked assessment of daily living (ADL) scale has been developed to assess activities which may be important to stroke patients who have been discharged home. A questionnaire incorporating 22 ADL activities in four sections was sent by post to 80 consecutively registered stroke patients. Gutmann scaling was carried out on the returned questionnaires, producing acceptable coefficients of reproducibility and scalability. The revised questionnaire was then sent to 20 stroke patients. The same patients were sent an identical questionnaire two weeks later. The overall level of agreement between the two assessments was satisfactory. The extended ADL scale could therefore be used as a postal questionnaire to assist in the follow-up of patients discharged home after a stroke. Due to the scaling properties of the assessment, patient's progress can be monitored and patients can also be compared on the basis of their scale score.read more
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Research Methods for Therapists
Avril Drummond,Jo Campling +1 more
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Early, specialist vocational rehabilitation to facilitate return to work after traumatic brain injury: the FRESH feasibility RCT
Kathryn Radford,Chris J Sutton,Tracey Sach,Jain Holmes,Caroline L Watkins,Denise Forshaw,Trevor Jones,Karen Hoffman,Rory C. O’Connor,Ruth Tyerman,Jose Antonio Merchán-Baeza,Richard Morris,Emma McManus,Avril Drummond,Marion F Walker,Lelia Duley,David Shakespeare,Alison Hammond,Julie Phillips +18 more
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Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effect of Surface Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation to the Shoulder After Acute Stroke
Catherine Church,Christopher Price,Anand Pandyan,Stuart Huntley,Richard Curless,Helen Rodgers +5 more
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Generalisation of the Effects of Leisure Rehabilitation for Stroke Patients
Avril Drummond,Marion F Walker +1 more
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Cognitive rehabilitation for executive dysfunction in adults with stroke or other adult nonprogressive acquired brain damage.
TL;DR: Cognitive rehabilitation interventions are implemented within clinical practice in an attempt to improve executive function and, consequently, independence with activities of daily living for adults with stroke or other nonprogressive acquired brain injuries.
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