Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 4 , Pages 413-417 , April 2007

Satisfaction With Quality of Life Poststroke: Effect of Sex Differences in Pain Response

  • Ivonne-Marie Bergés, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Ivonne-Marie Bergés, PhD, UTMB, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX. 77555-0460
    • ,
  • Kenneth J. Ottenbacher, PhD, OTR

      Affiliations

    • Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
    • Division of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
    • ,
  • Yong-Fang Kuo, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
    • ,
  • Pamela M. Smith, DNS, RN

      Affiliations

    • IT HealthTrack, Buffalo, NY.
    • ,
  • David Smith, BS

      Affiliations

    • IT HealthTrack, Buffalo, NY.
    • ,
  • Glenn V. Ostir, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
    • Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
    • Division of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

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 Supported by the National Institute on Aging (grant no. K02 AG019736), the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (grant no. K01 HD046682), and the American Heart Association (grant no. 027045N).

 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.

PII: S0003-9993(06)01577-2

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.12.022

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 4 , Pages 413-417 , April 2007

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