Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 8 , Pages 955-963 , August 2007

Circuit Class Therapy Versus Individual Physiotherapy Sessions During Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation: A Controlled Trial

  • Coralie K. English, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia
    • Physiotherapy Department, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Coralie K. English, PhD, School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
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  • Susan L. Hillier, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia
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  • Kathy R. Stiller, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Physiotherapy Department, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia.
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  • Andrea Warden-Flood, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia
    • Deceased.

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    Flow chart of trial participants. *These subjects were not withdrawn, but did not complete either the week-4 or discharge assessment. Includes 1 subject in each treatment group with LOS of less than

    Flow chart of trial participants. *These subjects were not withdrawn, but did not complete either the week-4 or discharge assessment. Includes 1 subject in each treatment group with LOS of less than 4 weeks, therefore did not complete a week-4 assessment. One subject refused a discharge assessment, but completed a follow-up assessment.

 Supported by the Australian Physiotherapy Association Physiotherapy Research Foundation and the Royal Adelaide Hospital Allied Health Group.

 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.

 Reprints are not available from the author.

PII: S0003-9993(07)00298-5

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.04.010

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 8 , Pages 955-963 , August 2007