Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 1 , Pages 11-18 , January 2007

Functional Outcomes From Inpatient Rehabilitation After Traumatic Brain Injury: How Do Hispanics Fare?

Presented as a poster to the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, September 28 to October 1, 2005, Chicago, IL.

  • Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corp, West Orange, NJ
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla, PhD, Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Laboratory, Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corp, 300 Executive Dr, Ste 010, West Orange, NJ 07052.
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  • Mitchell Rosenthal, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corp, West Orange, NJ
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ
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  • John DeLuca, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corp, West Orange, NJ
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ
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  • David X. Cifu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
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  • Robin Hanks, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
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  • Eugene Komaroff, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corp, West Orange, NJ
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ

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 Supported in part by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (grants no. H133A011403, H133A020515), the National Institutes of Health (grants no. HD07522-05, T32 HD007522-05), and the Henry H. Kessler Foundation.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.2006.10.029

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