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Use of time by stroke patients: a comparison of four European rehabilitation centersLiesbet De Wit
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Stroke 36:1977-83. 2005..The aim of the present study was to identify differences in the use of time by stroke patients in 4 rehabilitation centers in 4 European countries...
The use of a biplot in studying outcomes after strokeLiesbet De Wit
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Neurorehabil Neural Repair 23:825-30. 2009..Potential differential associations based on patients' level of functioning on admission to the rehabilitation center were analyzed...
Anxiety and depression in the first six months after stroke. A longitudinal multicentre studyLiesbet De Wit
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Disabil Rehabil 30:1858-66. 2008..To document the prevalence, severity and time course of anxiety and depression in stroke rehabilitation patients in four European countries...
Defining the content of individual physiotherapy and occupational therapy sessions for stroke patients in an inpatient rehabilitation setting. Development, validation and inter-rater reliability of a scoring listL De Wit
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Clin Rehabil 21:450-9. 2007..To develop a valid and reliable scoring list to define the content of individual physiotherapy and occupational therapy sessions for stroke patients in inpatient rehabilitation...
Motor and functional recovery after stroke: a comparison of 4 European rehabilitation centersLiesbet De Wit
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tervuursevest 101, Heverlee, Belgium
Stroke 38:2101-7. 2007..Outcome after first stroke varies significantly across Europe. This study was designed to compare motor and functional recovery after stroke between four European rehabilitation centers...
Stroke rehabilitation in Europe: what do physiotherapists and occupational therapists actually do?Liesbet De Wit
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Stroke 37:1483-9. 2006..Little is known about their content. This study aimed to define and compare the content of PT and OT for stroke patients between 4 European rehabilitation centers...
Trunk performance after stroke: an eye catching predictor of functional outcomeGeert Verheyden
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 78:694-8. 2007..The aim of this multicentre study was to examine the predictive validity of the Trunk Impairment Scale (TIS) and its subscales when predicting the Barthel Index score at 6 months after stroke...
Stroke caregivers' strain: prevalence and determinants in the first six months after strokeIlse Baert Ilse
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Disabil Rehabil 30:523-30. 2008..This study aims to examine the prevalence and differences over time of caregivers' strain in the first 6 months post-stroke and to predict caregiver strain based on patients' and caregivers' characteristics and service input...
Time course of trunk, arm, leg, and functional recovery after ischemic strokeGeert Verheyden
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Leuven, Belgium
Neurorehabil Neural Repair 22:173-9. 2008..Patterns of recovery provide useful information concerning the potential of physical recovery over time and therefore the setting of realistic goals for rehabilitation programs...
Arm and hand function in children with unilateral cerebral palsy: a one-year follow-up studyKatrijn Klingels
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Tervuursevest 101, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
Eur J Paediatr Neurol 16:257-65. 2012..However, knowledge about the evolution of arm and hand function in this population is limited...
Comparison of the effect of two driving retraining programs on on-road performance after strokeHannes Devos
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University Hospital Leuven Campus Pellenberg, Leuven, Belgium
Neurorehabil Neural Repair 23:699-705. 2009..Several driving retraining programs have been developed to improve driving skills after stroke. Those programs rely on different rehabilitation concepts...
Effect of socioeconomic status on functional and motor recovery after stroke: a European multicentre studyKoen Putman
Department of Health Sciences and Medical Sociology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 78:593-9. 2007..The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of education and equivalent income on motor and functional recovery for both periods...
Inpatient stroke rehabilitation: a comparative study of admission criteria to stroke rehabilitation units in four European centresKoen Putman
Department of Health Sciences and Medical Sociology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
J Rehabil Med 39:21-6. 2007..To explore the clinical and non-clinical factors involved in decision-making concerning admission to European stroke rehabilitation units...
Use of time by physiotherapists and occupational therapists in a stroke rehabilitation unit: a comparison between four European rehabilitation centresKoen Putman
Department of Health Sciences and Medical Sociology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Disabil Rehabil 28:1417-24. 2006..The aim of this study was to compare the time allocated to therapeutic activities (TA) and non-therapeutic activities (NTA) of physiotherapists (PT) and occupational therapists (OT) in stroke rehabilitation units in four European countries...
Are physiotherapy and occupational therapy in stroke rehabilitation one and the same?Liesbet De Wit
Physiother Res Int 12:3-4. 2007
