Contratures in the post-stroke wrist: A pilot study of its time course of development and its association with upper limb recovery

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 88-95

  Pandyan, Anand D ^a   Cameron, M ^b   Powell, J ^b   Stott, D J ^b   Granat, M H ^c  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PILOT STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STROKE; TIME; WRIST DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HOSPITALIZATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTRACTURE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WRIST;

EID: 0037326324     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269215503cr587oa     Document Type: Article

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