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Volume 88, Issue 10 , Pages 1268-1275 , October 2007

Mobility Assistive Device Utilization in a Prospective Study of Patients With First-Ever Stroke

Jeffrey Jutai, PhD, CPsych
- Lawson Health Research Institute, St. Joseph’s Health Care London, Parkwood Hospital Site, London, ON, Canada
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
- Reprint requests to Jeffrey W. Jutai, PhD, CPsych, Dept of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Parkwood Hospital, Room B-3002a, 801 Commissioners Rd E, London, ON N6C 5J1, Canada
Sherry Coulson, MA
- Lawson Health Research Institute, St. Joseph’s Health Care London, Parkwood Hospital Site, London, ON, Canada
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
Robert Teasell, MD
- Lawson Health Research Institute, St. Joseph’s Health Care London, Parkwood Hospital Site, London, ON, Canada
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
Mark Bayley, MD
- Toronto Rehabilitation Institute & Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Jayne Garland, PhD, PT
- School of Physical Therapy, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
Nancy Mayo, PhD, PT
- School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Sharon Wood-Dauphinee, PhD, PT
- School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Flowchart depicting relationship between subject recruitment and usable data. *Mobility Device Users refers to patients that used a cane, walker or wheelchair as their primary assistive device. The De

Flowchart depicting relationship between subject recruitment and usable data. *Mobility Device Users refers to patients that used a cane, walker or wheelchair as their primary assistive device. The Device User group includes these mobility device users, in addition to patients that used any other type of assistive technology device. †Mean time from stroke to first interview for device users was 31 days and 34 days for nonusers. Mean time from stroke to device procurement was 71 days for device users.
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Supported by the Canadian Stroke Network (grant no. CSN-2000-011).

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(07)01280-4

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.06.773

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