Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 3 , Pages 334-342 , March 2006

Early Versus Later Admission to Postacute Rehabilitation: Impact on Functional Outcome After Traumatic Brain Injury

  • Walter M. High Jr, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
    • The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, Brain Injury Research Center, Houston, TX
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Walter M. High Jr, PhD, Brain Injury Research Center, The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, 1333 Moursund Ave, Houston, TX 77030
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  • Tresa Roebuck-Spencer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, DC
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  • Angelle M. Sander, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
    • The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, Brain Injury Research Center, Houston, TX
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  • Margaret A. Struchen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
    • The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, Brain Injury Research Center, Houston, TX
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  • Mark Sherer, PhD, ABPP/Cn

      Affiliations

    • Methodist Rehabilitation Center, Jackson, MS
    • Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS

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 Supported by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Department of Education (grant nos. H133A70015, H133B990014).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.

PII: S0003-9993(05)01469-3

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.11.028

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 3 , Pages 334-342 , March 2006

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