Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 12, Supplement , Pages S3-S15 , December 2008

Recovery of Cognitive Function After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Multilevel Modeling Analysis of Canadian Outcomes

  • Bruce K. Christensen, PhD, CPsych

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Brenda Colella, MA

      Affiliations

    • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Elizabeth Inness, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Deborah Hebert, MSc (Kin)

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Mark Bayley, MD, FRCP(C)

      Affiliations

    • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • 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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 Supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Physicians' Services Inc (grant nos. MOP-67072, 05-50).

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.10.002

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