Arm reaching improvements with short-term practice depend on the severity of the motor deficit in stroke

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 476-488

  Cirstea, M C ^a,b   Ptito, A ^c   Levin, M F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compensatory strategies; Constant practice; Hemiplegia; Motor learning; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; TRUNK;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0142120639     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1568-4     Document Type: Article

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