International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
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Alberto Vargas C

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• Research Article
  Vehicle Driving after Stroke: Who Does it Better? A Descriptive Study in a Group of Patients Treated at the Clinical Hospital at the University of Chile
  Author(s): Teresita Risopatrón Riesco, Alberto Vargas C, Paulina Tejada U and Lorena Cerda A Teresita Risopatrón Riesco, Alberto Vargas C, Paulina Tejada U and Lorena Cerda A
  
  Introduction: Vehicular driving is a complex and highly valued process and one of the activities that are most affected post-stroke, but little has been studied about our national epidemiological situation that links them. Objective: To create an epidemiological profile and estimate the prevalence of vehicular driving in a sample of patients with stroke who were drivers previously. Method: This is a descriptive, observational, cross-sectional study that enrolled adults in productive age at HCUCH, with a discharge diagnosis of stroke; during the first half of 2014. Their clinical records were analyzed and a telephone interview was applied a year after the event. Results: A sample of 24 patients was obtained. Sixty-six percent (n=16) returned to driving in an average time of 2.5 months after dischar.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-9096.1000466

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