Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 7 , Pages 1256-1261 , July 2008

Managing Activity Difficulties at Home: A Survey of Medicare Beneficiaries

Presented to the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, October 1, 2005, Chicago, IL.

  • Brian J. Dudgeon, PhD, OTR

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Brian J. Dudgeon, PhD, OTR, Rehabilitation Medicine, Box 356490, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-6490
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  • Jeanne M. Hoffman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    • ,
  • Marcia A. Ciol, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    • ,
  • Anne Shumway-Cook, PhD, PT

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    • ,
  • Kathryn M. Yorkston, PhD, BC-NCD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    • ,
  • Leighton Chan, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Medicine Department Clincal Research Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

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 Supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (grant no. MM-0625-04/04) and the Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center.

 No commerical 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.

 Published online June 5, 2008 at www.archives-pmr.org.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00217-7

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.11.038

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 7 , Pages 1256-1261 , July 2008

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