Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 12 , Pages 2239-2249 , December 2008

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Holistic Neuropsychologic Rehabilitation After Traumatic Brain Injury

Presented preliminary results at the Annual Meeting of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, October 9, 2007, Washington DC.

  • Keith D. Cicerone, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cognitive Rehabilitation, JFK-Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, Edison, NJ
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, JFK-Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, Edison, NJ
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Keith D. Cicerone, PhD, 2048 Oak Tree Rd, Edison, NJ 08820
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  • Tasha Mott, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cognitive Rehabilitation, JFK-Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, Edison, NJ
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  • Joanne Azulay, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cognitive Rehabilitation, JFK-Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, Edison, NJ
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  • Mary A. Sharlow-Galella, LCSW

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cognitive Rehabilitation, JFK-Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, Edison, NJ
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  • Wendy J. Ellmo, MS, CCC-SLP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cognitive Rehabilitation, JFK-Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, Edison, NJ
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  • Susan Paradise, MEd

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cognitive Rehabilitation, JFK-Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, Edison, NJ
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  • John C. Friel, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cognitive Rehabilitation, JFK-Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, Edison, NJ

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 Supported by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (grant no. H133A020518).

 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.

PII: S0003-9993(08)01490-1

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.06.017

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 12 , Pages 2239-2249 , December 2008

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