Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Jan 2002
Multicenter StudyCourse of functional improvement after stroke, spinal cord injury, and traumatic brain injury.
To examine functional improvement patterns of persons with stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and spinal cord injury (SCI). ⋯ When examined separately for persons grouped by LOS, functional status improved linearly during the rehabilitation stay, with differences in rate of improvement depending on initial functional status.
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Jan 2002
Return to productive activity after traumatic brain injury: relationship with measures of disability, handicap, and community integration.
To identify which factors are associated with successful return to productive activity (RTPA) 1 year after hospitalization with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to examine the relations between successful RTPA and other measures of impairment, disability, handicap, and integration into the community. ⋯ Premorbid and injury-related variables and measures of handicap and community integration were associated with RTPA at 1 year. To understand and effectively support vocational pursuits in the TBI population, future studies are needed to define further causality and origin of these relationships.