DRIVING AFTER STROKE

Stroke patients were compared with normal drivers. On public roads patients exhibited special difficulty in entering and leaving motorways and handling traffic at roundabouts. On private roads stroke patients were relatively unaware of other vehicles, exhibited difficulty in reversing, had difficulty in doing two things at once in an emergency and had difficulty in placing their car accurately on the left. Analysis revealed variables that might be used to rate stroke patients on their driving skills. (Author/TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Rehabilitation International Eular Publishers

  432 Park Avenue South
  New York, NY  United States 
• Authors:
  • Wilson, T
  • Smith, T
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 170-177
• Serial:
  • International Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Volume: 5
  • Publisher: Rehabilitation International Eular Publishers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver performance; Drivers; Driving tests; Motor skills; Personnel performance; Physical disabilities
• Uncontrolled Terms: Stroke
• Old TRIS Terms: Medical disability
• ITRD Terms: 1757: Age; 2030: Brain; 2038: Circulation (blood); 1500: Confiscation (driving licence); 1772: Driver; 2292: Driver rehabilitation; 1855: Driving (veh); 2226: Driving aptitude; 1550: Driving licence; 1573: Driving test; 2134: Illness; 2157: Medical examination; 1746: Old people; 2205: Skill (road user); 6255: Test
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00463411
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1987 12:00AM