Poststroke hand swelling and oedema: Prevalence and relationship with impairment and disability

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 552-559

  Boomkamp Koppen, H G M ^a   Visser Meily, J M A ^b   Post, M W M ^c,d   Prevo, A J H ^b  

^a Utrecht and Meander Medisch Centrum   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Rehabilitation Centre De Hoogstraat   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NETHERLANDS; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; REHABILITATION CENTER; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN SENSITIVITY; STROKE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUMETRY;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EDEMA; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; REHABILITATION CENTERS;

EID: 23644444002     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269215505cr846oa     Document Type: Article

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