Toward an objective quantification of impaired manual dexterity following stroke: The usefulness of precision grip measures

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1409-1411

  Nowak, Dennis A ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CONVALESCENCE; COORDINATION DISORDER; DEXTERITY; EDITORIAL; HAND GRIP; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SKILL; STROKE;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 33745337585     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.03.010     Document Type: Editorial

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