Acupuncture for upper-extremity rehabilitation in chronic stroke: A randomized sham-controlled study

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2248-2255

  Wayne, Peter M ^a,c   Krebs, David E ^b,c,e   Macklin, Eric A ^d   Schnyer, Rosa ^a,e   Kaptchuk, Ted J ^a,e   Parker, Stephen W ^b   Scarborough, Donna Moxley ^b,c   McGibbon, Chris A ^f   Schaechter, Judith D ^b,e   Stein, Joel ^e,g   Stason, William B ^h  

^a MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

^d NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^g and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^h HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture therapy; Cerebrovascular accident; Hemiparesis; Muscle spasticity; Range of motion, articular; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM INJURY; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MOOD; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPASTICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST DISEASE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PARESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 28844468435     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.07.287     Document Type: Article

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