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Kinoshita S, Abo M, Okamoto T, Miyamura K. Transitional and Long-Term Care System in Japan and Current Challenges for Stroke Patient Rehabilitation. Front Neurol 2022; 12:711470. [PMID: 35087461 PMCID: PMC8786721 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.711470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
In Japan, the national medical insurance system and long-term care insurance (LTCI) system cover rehabilitation therapy for patients with acute, convalescent, and chronic stroke. Medical insurance covers early and multidisciplinary rehabilitation therapy during acute phase hospitalizations. Patients requiring assistance in their activities of daily living (ADL) after hospitalization are transferred to kaifukuki (convalescent) rehabilitation wards (KRW), which the medical insurance system has also covered. In these wards, patients can receive intensive and multidisciplinary rehabilitation therapy to improve their ADL and transition to a smooth home discharge. After discharge from these hospitals, elderly patients with stroke can receive outpatient (day-care) rehabilitation and home-based rehabilitation using the LTCI system. The Japanese government has proposed building a community-based integrated care system by 2025 to provide comprehensive medical services, long-term care, preventive care, housing, and livelihood support for patients. This policy aims to promote smooth coordination between medical insurance services and LTCI providers. Accordingly, the medical insurance system allows hospitals to receive additional fees by providing patient information to rehabilitation service providers in the LTCI system. A comprehensive database on acute, convalescent, and chronic phase stroke patients and seamless cooperation between the medical care system and LTCI system is expected to be established in the future. There are only 2,613 board-certified physiatrists in Japan, and many medical schools lack a department for rehabilitation medicine; establishing such a department at each school is encouraged to teach students efficient medical care procedures, to conduct research, and to facilitate the training of personnel in comprehensive stroke rehabilitation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Shoji Kinoshita
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Nishi-Hiroshima Rehabilitation Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kawakita Rehabilitation Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Kato Y, Shimizu M, Hori S, Ushida K, Yamamoto Y, Muramatsu K, Momosaki R. Association between the number of board-certified physiatrists and volume of rehabilitation provided in Japan: an ecological study. J Rural Med 2022; 17:73-78. [PMID: 35432641 PMCID: PMC8984616 DOI: 10.2185/jrm.2021-054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Objectives: This study aimed to determine the relationship between the
number of board-certified physiatrists and the amount of inpatient rehabilitation
delivered. Materials and Methods: We analyzed open data from 2017 in the National
Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups of Japan and compared the
volume of inpatient rehabilitation services between prefectures to examine regional
disparities. We also examined the relationship between the volume of rehabilitation
services provided and the number of board-certified physiatrists. Results: The population-adjusted number of inpatient rehabilitation units
per prefecture ranged from a maximum of 659,951 to a minimum of 172,097, a disparity of
3.8-fold. The population-adjusted number of board-certified physiatrists was 4.8 in the
highest region and 0.8 in the lowest region, a disparity of 5.8-fold. The
population-adjusted number of board-certified physiatrists was significantly correlated
with the population-adjusted total number of inpatient rehabilitation units (r=0.600,
P<0.001). Correlations were between the number of board-certified
physiatrists and the number of rehabilitation units in cerebrovascular and orthopedic
services, but not in cardiovascular, respiratory, or oncology services. Conclusion: Large regional disparities manifested in the amount of inpatient
rehabilitation provided in Japan. An association was found between the number of
board-certified physiatrists and rehabilitation units delivered. It may be necessary to
train more BCPs in regions with fewer units to eliminate these disparities.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yuki Kato
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Health Sciences, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Oncologic Pathology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Oncologic Pathology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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Wu HC, Tseng MH, Lin CC. Assessment on Distributional Fairness of Physical Rehabilitation Resource Allocation: Geographic Accessibility Analysis Integrating Google Rating Mechanism. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:E7576. [PMID: 33081016 PMCID: PMC7589599 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17207576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Revised: 09/25/2020] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Identifying and treating co-existing diseases are essential in healthcare for the elderly, while physical rehabilitation care teams can provide interdisciplinary geriatric care for the elderly. To evaluate the appropriateness of demand and supply between the population at demand and physical rehabilitation resources, a comparative analysis was carried out in this study. Our study applied seven statistical indices to assess five proposed methods those considered different factors for geographic accessibility analysis. Google ratings were included in the study as a crucial factor of choice probability in the equation for calculating the geographic accessibility scores, because people's behavioral decisions are increasingly dependent on online rating information. The results showed that methods considering distances, the capacity of hospitals, and Google ratings' integrally generated scores, are in better accordance with people's decision-making behavior when they determine which resources of physical rehabilitation to use. It implies that concurrent considerations of non-spatial factors (online ratings and sizes of resource) are important. Our study proposed an integrated assessment method of geographical accessibility scores, which includes the spatial distribution, capacity of resources and online ratings in the mechanism. This research caters to countries that provide citizens with a higher degree of freedom in their medical choices and allows these countries to improve the fairness of resource allocation, raise the geographic accessibilities of physical rehabilitation resources, and promote aging in place.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hui-Ching Wu
- Department of Medical Sociology and Social Work, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402367, Taiwan;
- Social Service Section, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung 402367, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402367, Taiwan;
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- School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402367, Taiwan
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung 402367, Taiwan
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Ishikawa M. Changes in the Characteristics of Rehabilitation Physicians over Two Decades: Analysis of National Physician Census Surveys in Japan. Prog Rehabil Med 2020; 5:20200012. [PMID: 32789280 PMCID: PMC7365188 DOI: 10.2490/prm.20200012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Objective: The aim of the study was to analyze the demographics of rehabilitation physicians and
their retention trends, identify factors related to physician retention, and consider
the policy implications. Methods: The individual data from 1996 to 2016 from a national census survey administered
every two years by the national government of Japan were analyzed. The physician
retention trends were then evaluated. Finally, a multivariable logistic regression
analysis was performed to identify the factors related to the retention of
rehabilitation physicians. Results: The total numbers of rehabilitation physicians in 1996 and 2016 were 902 (0.4% of all
physicians) and 2484 (0.8% of all physicians), respectively, an increase of 175%. It
should be noted that between 1996 and 2016 the number of physicians aged ≤39 years
decreased, whereas the number of physicians aged ≥40 years greatly increased to 2118,
accounting for 85.3% of all rehabilitation physicians in 2016. The overall annual
retention rate of full-time rehabilitation physicians from 1996 to 2016 increased by
6.6%. The odds of continuing to practice as a rehabilitation physician were
significantly higher for academic hospital physicians than for clinic physicians. Conclusion: The dramatic increase in the number of rehabilitation physicians in Japan has been
prompted by policy measures and rapidly increasing demands for rehabilitation due to the
aging of society. Ensuring the entry of younger physicians into this career path through
efforts such as establishing rehabilitation medicine classes in every school of medicine
is necessary to promote the development of specialist rehabilitation physicians in
Japan.
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Affiliation(s)
- Masatoshi Ishikawa
- Takemi Program in International Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.,Research and Development Center for Health Services Tsukuba, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Sawabe M, Momosaki R, Hasebe K, Sawaguchi A, Kasuga S, Asanuma D, Suzuki S, Miyauchi N, Abo M. Rehabilitation Characteristics in High-Performance Hospitals after Acute Stroke. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2018; 27:2431-2435. [PMID: 29801813 DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2018.04.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2018] [Revised: 04/20/2018] [Accepted: 04/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Rehabilitation characteristics in high-performance hospitals after acute stroke are not clarified. This retrospective observational study aimed to clarify the characteristics of high-performance hospitals in acute stroke rehabilitation. METHODS Patients with stroke discharged from participating acute hospitals were extracted from the Japan Rehabilitation Database for the period 2006-2015. We found 6855 patients from 14 acute hospitals who were eligible for analysis in this study after applying exclusion criteria. We divided facilities into high-performance hospitals and low-performance hospitals using the median of the Functional Independent Measure efficiency for each hospital. We compared rehabilitation characteristics between high- and low-performance hospitals. RESULTS High-performance hospitals had significantly shorter length of stay. More patients were discharged to home in the high-performance hospitals compared with low-performance hospitals. Patients in high-performance hospitals received greater amounts of physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Patients in high-performance hospitals engaged in more self-exercise, weekend exercise, and exercise in wards. There was more participation of board-certified physiatrists and social workers in high-performance hospitals. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggested that amount, timing, and type of rehabilitation, and participation of multidisciplinary staff are essential for high performance in acute stroke rehabilitation.
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- Masashi Sawabe
- Department of Rehabilitation, Teikyo University School of Medicine University Hospital, Mizonokuchi, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine University Hospital, Mizonokuchi, Kanagawa, Japan; Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Teikyo University School of Medicine University Hospital, Mizonokuchi, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Teikyo University School of Medicine University Hospital, Mizonokuchi, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Teikyo University School of Medicine University Hospital, Mizonokuchi, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Teikyo University School of Medicine University Hospital, Mizonokuchi, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Teikyo University School of Medicine University Hospital, Mizonokuchi, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Teikyo University School of Medicine University Hospital, Mizonokuchi, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Leslie-Mazwi T, Chen M, Yi J, Starke RM, Hussain MS, Meyers PM, McTaggart RA, Pride GL, Ansari AS, Abruzzo T, Albani B, Arthur AS, Baxter BW, Bulsara KR, Delgado Almandoz JE, Gandhi CD, Heck D, Hetts SW, Klucznik RP, Jayaraman MV, Lee SK, Mack WJ, Mocco J, Prestigiacomo C, Patsalides A, Rasmussen P, Sunenshine P, Frei D, Fraser JF. Post-thrombectomy management of the ELVO patient: Guidelines from the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery. J Neurointerv Surg 2017; 9:1258-1266. [PMID: 28963364 DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2017-013270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2017] [Revised: 07/22/2017] [Accepted: 08/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Thabele Leslie-Mazwi
- Neurointerventional Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- University Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Radiology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Neurointerventional Surgery, Christiana Care Health Systems, Newark, Delaware, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Erlanger Medical Center, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Neurointerventional Radiology, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Forsyth Medical Center, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of California in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Houston Methodist Neurological Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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- The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York, USA
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- New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Cerebrovascular Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Swedish Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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Momosaki R, Kakuda W, Kinoshita S, Yamada N, Abo M. Clinical Effectiveness of Board-certificated Physiatrists on Functional Recovery in Elderly Stroke Patients During Convalescence: A Retrospective Cohort Study. INT J GERONTOL 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijge.2016.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Momosaki R, Kakuda W, Yamada N, Abo M. Impact of board-certificated physiatrists on rehabilitation outcomes in elderly patients after hip fracture: An observational study using the Japan Rehabilitation Database. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2015; 16:963-8. [PMID: 26311043 DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIM To clarify the impact on rehabilitation outcomes of board-certificated physiatrists (BCP) as the physicians with primary responsibility for elderly patients in convalescent rehabilitation wards after hip fracture. METHODS The present retrospective observational study used 2005-2013 data from the Japan Rehabilitation Database. We identified in-hospital patients with hip fracture admitted to rehabilitation wards. After applying exclusion criteria, 824 patients were eligible. The primary outcome was functional independence measure instrument efficiency. RESULTS BCP were responsible for the care of 46% of patients with hip fracture. Patients who were managed by a BCP had significantly higher mean functional independence measure efficiency than patients who were not, both before and after adjustment by inverse propensity-score weighting (0.37 vs 0.26; P = 0.04 and 0.39 vs 0.26; P < 0.01, respectively). Additionally, the mean length of stay was significantly shorter in patients who were managed by BCP than in those who were not, both before and after inverse propensity-score weighting (65 vs 71 days, P = 0.04 and 64 vs 69 days, P < 0.01, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that the participation of BCP is associated with good rehabilitation outcomes in patients with hip fracture at convalescent rehabilitation wards. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2016; 16: 963-968.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ryo Momosaki
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Kinoshita S, Kakuda W, Momosaki R, Yamada N, Sugawara H, Watanabe S, Abo M. Clinical Management Provided by Board-Certificated Physiatrists in Early Rehabilitation Is a Significant Determinant of Functional Improvement in Acute Stroke Patients: A Retrospective Analysis of Japan Rehabilitation Database. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2015; 24:1019-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2014.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2014] [Revised: 12/20/2014] [Accepted: 12/22/2014] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Corea F, Scarponi F, Zampolini M. Upper limb function as an outcome predictor in acute stroke. Stroke 2010; 41:e466; author reply e467-8. [PMID: 20466992 DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.110.583252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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