Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 86, Issue 12, Supplement , Pages 82-92 , December 2005

Nutrition Support (Tube Feeding) as a Rehabilitation Intervention

  • Roberta James, MStat

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Outcomes Research, International Severity Information Systems Inc, Salt Lake City, UT
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  • Deon Gines, RD, CD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Department, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT
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  • Angela Menlove, MS, CCC-SLP

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Department, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT
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  • Susan D. Horn, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Outcomes Research, International Severity Information Systems Inc, Salt Lake City, UT
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Susan D. Horn, Institute for Clinical Outcomes Research, 699 E South Temple, Ste 100, Salt Lake City, UT 84102-1282
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  • Julie Gassaway, MS, RN

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Outcomes Research, International Severity Information Systems Inc, Salt Lake City, UT
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  • Randall J. Smout, MS

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Outcomes Research, International Severity Information Systems Inc, Salt Lake City, UT

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 Supported by the National Institute on Disability & Rehabilitation Research (grant no. H133B990005) and U.S. Army and Materiel Command (cooperative agreement award no. DAMD17-02-2-0032). The views, opinions, and/or findings contained in this article are those of the authors and should not be construed as an official Department of the Army position, policy, or decision unless so designated by other documentation.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 author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.07.314

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 86, Issue 12, Supplement , Pages 82-92 , December 2005

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