Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 10 , Pages 1849-1856 , October 2008

The Efficacy of Telephone Counseling for Health Promotion in People With Multiple Sclerosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Presented to the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers, June 2–6, 2004, Toronto, ON, Canada.

  • Charles H. Bombardier, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Charles H. Bombardier, PhD, Box 359740 Harborview Medical Center, 325 9th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104 Reprints are not available from the author
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  • Mary Cunniffe, MSW

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
    • ,
  • Rohini Wadhwani, BA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
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  • Laura E. Gibbons, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
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  • Kimberly D. Blake, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
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  • George H. Kraft, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

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 Supported by the Multiple Sclerosis Research and Training Grant funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (grant no. H133B031129).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.03.021

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 10 , Pages 1849-1856 , October 2008

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