Application of a volar static splint in poststroke spasticity of the upper limb

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1855-1859

  Pizzi, Assunta ^a   Carlucci, Giovanna ^a   Falsini, Catuscia ^a   Verdesca, Sonia ^a   Grippo, Antonello ^b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arm; H reflex; Hemiplegia; Muscle spasticity; Rehabilitation; Splints

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMIPLEGIA; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REFLEX INHIBITORY SPLINTING; SPASTICITY; SPLINT; STROKE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOLAR STATIC SPLINT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPLINTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 25144496015     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.03.032     Document Type: Article

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