PM&R
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 43-47 , January 2010

Health Literacy Among Patients Diagnosed With Movement Disorders: A Pilot Study

Elements of these data were presented in poster presentation form at the 2008 AAPM&R conference in San Diego, CA.

  • Patrick Armistead-Jehle, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Southeastern Parkinson's Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Center (PADRECC), Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, VA†
    • ,
  • David X. Cifu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Southeastern Parkinson's Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Center (PADRECC), Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Richmond, VA‡
    • ,
  • Ryan Wetzel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Southeastern Parkinson's Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Center (PADRECC), Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Richmond, VA§
    • ,
  • William Carne, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Southeastern Parkinson's Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Center (PADRECC), Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, 1201 Broad Rock Boulevard, Rm 2C-110, Richmond, VA 23249, and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Richmond, VA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to W.C.
    • ,
  • Lynn A. Klanchar, BSN, MS

      Affiliations

    • Southeastern Parkinson's Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Center (PADRECC), Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, VA∥

Received 20 January 2009 ,Accepted 20 May 2009.

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 Supported by the Veterans Health Administration Southeastern Parkinson's Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Center (PADRECC). The content of this article is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not represent the official views of PADRECC.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.05.008

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