'Can practice undertaken by patients be increased simply through implementing agreed national guidelines?' An observational study.

Conclusions:The autonomous practice time of older fragile comorbid stroke patients increased during the weekdays. Patients, stimulated and challenged by nurses, exercise harder and more according to their possibilities. Since this guideline was developed especially for nurses, nurses can stimulate stroke patients to contribute more to autonomous practice and therefore help their recovery. PMID: 23411792 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Clinical Rehabilitation - February 14, 2013 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Huijben-Schoenmakers M, Rademaker A, Scherder E Tags: Clin Rehabil Source Type: research