Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 12, Supplement , Pages S25-S34 , December 2008

Postrecovery Cognitive Decline in Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury

  • Christine Till, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Christine Till, PhD, Dept of Psychology, York University, 4700 Keele St, Toronto, ON, M3J 1P3, Canada
    • ,
  • Brenda Colella, MA

      Affiliations

    • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Joel Verwegen

      Affiliations

    • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Robin E. Green, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

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 Supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (grant no. MOP-67072), Physicians' Services Incorporated (grant no. 05-50), and the Ontario Mental Health Foundation.

 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.2008.07.004

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