Computerized arm training improves the motor control of the severely affected arm after stroke: A single-blinded randomized trial in two centers

Stroke

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1960-1966

  Hesse, Stefan ^a,c   Werner, C ^a   Pohl, M ^b   Rueckriem, S ^b   Mehrholz, J ^b   Lingnau, M L ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Klinik Bavaria in Kreischa GmbH   (Germany)

^c Klinik Berlin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM EXERCISE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ASHWORTH SCORE; BARTHEL INDEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTERIZED ARM TRAINER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUGL MEYER MOTOR SCORE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE TRAINING; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROBOTICS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; AUTOMATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION THERAPY, CONTINUOUS PASSIVE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLES; PARESIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REHABILITATION; ROBOTICS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST;

EID: 24644454703     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000177865.37334.ce     Document Type: Article

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