Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 12, Supplement , Pages S16-S24 , December 2008

Examining Moderators of Cognitive Recovery Trajectories After Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

  • Robin E. Green, PhD, CPsych

      Affiliations

    • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Robin Green, PhD, CPsych, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, 550 University Ave, Toronto, ON, M5G 2A2, Canada
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  • Brenda Colella, MA

      Affiliations

    • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
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  • Bruce Christensen, PhD, CPsych

      Affiliations

    • Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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  • Kadeen Johns, BA

      Affiliations

    • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
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  • Diana Frasca, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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  • Mark Bayley, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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  • Georges Monette, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

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 Supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (grant nos. MOP-67072, MOP-86704).

 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.2008.09.551

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