A strategy for computer-assisted mental practice in stroke rehabilitation

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 503-507

  Gaggioli, Andrea ^a   Meneghini, Andrea ^b   Morganti, Francesca ^a   Alcaniz, Mariano ^c   Riva, Giuseppe ^a  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Motor skill; Psychomotor performance; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Upper limb; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CENTER; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ARM; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; COMPUTERS; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NERVE NET; PARESIS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REHABILITATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33750619363     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968306290224     Document Type: Article

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