Motor Recovery and Cortical Reorganization after Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy in Stroke Patients: A Preliminary Study

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 326-338

  Schaechter, Judith D ^a   Kraft, Eduard ^b   Hilliard, Timothy S ^c   Dijkhuizen, Rick M ^a   Benner, Thomas ^a   Finklestein, Seth P ^a   Rosen, Bruce R ^a   Cramer, Steven C ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemiparesis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Motor cortex; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RATING SCALE; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PILOT PROJECTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036891186     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154596830201600403     Document Type: Article

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