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International Journal of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Volume 4 (2018), Article ID 4:IJPTR-139, 4 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-7498/2018/139
Research Article
The Threshold for Favorable Outcome should be Set According to Functional Independence Measure Score at Admission in Logistic Regression Analysis

Makoto Tokunaga1*, Hirotaka Tanaka2, Naoshi Nishimura3, Katsunobu Sugihara4 and Hiroshi Kamoshita5

1Department of Rehabilitation, Kumamoto Kinoh Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan
2Department of Rehabilitation, Chubu Rosai Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
3Department of Rehabilitation, Moriyama Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
4Department of Rehabilitation, Hiroshima City Rehabilitation Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
5Department of Rehabilitation, Tanashi Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Makoto Tokunaga, Department of Rehabilitation, Kumamoto Kinoh Hospital, 6-8-1 Yamamuro, Kita-ku, Kumamoto 860-8518, Japan, Tel: +81 96 345 8111; E-mail: tokunaga@juryo.or.jp
06 February 2018; 10 March 2018; 12 March 2018
Tokunaga M, Tanaka H, Nishimura N, Sugihara K, Kamoshita H (2018) The Threshold for Favorable Outcome should be Set According to Functional Independence Measure Score at Admission in Logistic Regression Analysis. Int J Phys Ther Rehab 4: 139. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-7498/2018/139

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