Urinary Continence and Outcome in Stroke Rehabilitation
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Rehabilitation and continence promotion following a stroke.
About 100,000 people in England and Wales experience a stroke each year. Nine out of ten strokes affect people aged over 55 years and 300,000 people are living with disability caused by stroke. About a third of people who experience a stroke will die within the first year, one third will make a good recovery and the final third will experience moderate to severe disabilities (Westcott, 2000).
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0002-0729,1468-2834
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/26.suppl_1.p26-a