PM&R
Volume 2, Issue 6 , Pages 497-503 , June 2010

Driving and Reintegration Into the Community in Patients After Stroke

  • Hillel M. Finestone, MD

      Affiliations

    • Candrive Research Program, Canadian Institutes of Health Research; Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre; Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Ottawa; and Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital, Bruyère Continuing Care, 43 Bruyère Street, Ottawa, ON K1N 5C8, Canada‡
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: H.M.F.
    • ,
  • Meiqi Guo, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Queen's University Medical School, Kingston, ON, Canada§
    • ,
  • Paddi O'Hara, PhD

      Affiliations

    • O'Hara Consulting, Ottawa, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Linda Greene-Finestone, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Ottawa; and the Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada∥
    • ,
  • Shawn C. Marshall, MD

      Affiliations

    • Candrive Research Program, Canadian Institutes of Health Research; Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre; and Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada#
    • ,
  • Lynn Hunt, MSc

      Affiliations

    • The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre, Ottawa, ON, Canada⁎⁎
    • ,
  • Jennifer Biggs, RN

      Affiliations

    • Candrive Research Program, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Ottawa, ON, Canada‡‡
    • ,
  • Anita Jessup, RN

      Affiliations

    • Candrive Research Program, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Ottawa, ON, Canada§§

Received 27 October 2009 ,Accepted 29 March 2010.

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 This work was supported by grants NA5529 and T6193 from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2010.03.030

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Volume 2, Issue 6 , Pages 497-503 , June 2010

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