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Role of Intensive Inpatient Rehabilitation for Prevention of Disability after Stroke: The Korean Stroke Cohort for Functioning and Rehabilitation (KOSCO) Study

W. Chang, M. Sohn, Jongmin Lee, Deog-Young Kim, S. Lee, Y. Shin, Gyung-Jae Oh, Yang-Soo Lee et al.

2016

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Abstract

• This study provided current status of intensive rehabilitation treatment during subacute stage and functional outcome at chronic stage in the first-ever stroke patients in Korea. • This information will be valuable for establishing comprehensive and systematic care system for stroke patients. Brain Neurorehabil. 2016 Sep;9(2):e4 https://doi.org/10.12786/bn.2016.9.e4 pISSN 1976-8753·eISSN 2383-9910

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