Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 81, Issue 6 , Pages 701-705 , June 2000

Driving skills in elderly persons with stroke: Comparison of two new assessment options

Received 2 June 1999 ,Revised 1 December 1999 ,Accepted 1 December 1999.

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☆ Supported by a grant from the Ministry of Transportation, Ontario (Coordinator of Highway Research Grants Program, grant 9409) to Peter Klavora.

☆☆ No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

★ Reprint requests to Peter Klavora, PhD, Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto, 55 Harbord Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1, Canada.

PII: S0003-9993(00)90096-0

doi: 10.1016/S0003-9993(00)90096-0

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 81, Issue 6 , Pages 701-705 , June 2000

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