Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 10 , Pages 1692-1698 , October 2009

Observation of Amounts of Movement Practice Provided During Stroke Rehabilitation

  • Catherine E. Lang, PT, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Program in Physical Therapy, Program in Occupational Therapy, and Department of Neurology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Catherine E. Lang, PT, PhD, Program in Physical Therapy, Washington University, 4444 Forest Park, Campus Box 8502, St Louis, MO 63108
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  • Jillian R. MacDonald, DPT

      Affiliations

    • Program in Physical Therapy, Program in Occupational Therapy, and Department of Neurology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
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  • Darcy S. Reisman, PT, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, Graduate Program in Biomechanics and Movement Science, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
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  • Lara Boyd, PT, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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  • Teresa Jacobson Kimberley, PT, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Program in Physical Therapy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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  • Sheila M. Schindler-Ivens, PT, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
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  • T. George Hornby, PT, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
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  • Sandy A. Ross, PT, DPT

      Affiliations

    • Physical Therapy Program, Maryville University, St. Louis, MO
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  • Patricia L. Scheets, PT, DPT

      Affiliations

    • Therapy Services, Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, IL

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 Pilot funding for development and distribution of training materials was provided by the Research Division of the Program in Physical Therapy at Washington University. Salary support for C.E.L. during this project was provided by National Institutes of Health (grant no. HD047669). Funding from the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and Foundation, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of British Columbia, and the North Growth Foundation provided salary support for data collection at University of British Columbia.

 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.2009.04.005

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 10 , Pages 1692-1698 , October 2009

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