Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 10 , Pages 1672-1679 , October 2009

Efficacy of Time Pressure Management in Stroke Patients With Slowed Information Processing: A Randomized Controlled Trial

  • Ieke Winkens, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Vilans, Hoensbroek, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • School for Mental Health and Neurosciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Ieke Winkens, PhD, Vilans, PO Box 192, 6430 AD Hoensbroek, The Netherlands
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  • Caroline M. Van Heugten, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School for Mental Health and Neurosciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Centre of Excellence in Rehabilitation De Hoogstraat, Rudolf Magnus Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Derick T. Wade, MD

      Affiliations

    • Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Rehabilitation Foundation Limburg, Hoensbroek, The Netherlands
    • Oxford Centre for Enablement, Oxford, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Esther J. Habets

      Affiliations

    • Vilans, Hoensbroek, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Luciano Fasotti, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Sint Maartenskliniek Research, Development & Education, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    • Nijmegen Institute for Cognition and Information, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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 Supported partly by the Dutch Brain Foundation (grant no. 13F05[2].16).

 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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PII: S0003-9993(09)00395-5

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.04.016

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 10 , Pages 1672-1679 , October 2009

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