Effect of a therapeutic intervention for the hemiplegic upper limb in the acute phase after stroke: A single-blind, randomized, controlled multicenter trial

Stroke

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 785-792

  Feys, Hilde M ^d   De Weerdt, Willy J ^a   Selz, Beat E ^a   Cox Steck, Gail A ^a   Spichiger, Ruth ^a   Vereeck, Luc E ^b   Putman, Koen D ^c   Van Hoydonck, Gustaaf A ^a  

^a Bürgerspital ^*

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d Fac of Phys Educ and Physiother   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FOLLOW UP; HEMIANOPIA; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031897133     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.29.4.785     Document Type: Article

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