Recovery of hand function through mental practice: A study protocol

BMC Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ietswaart, Magdalena ^a   Johnston, Marie ^c   Dijkerman, H Chris ^b   Scott, Clare L ^c   Joice, Sara A ^c   Hamilton, Steven ^d   MacWalter, Ronald S ^e  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE DURATION; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROSCIENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE;

GREAT BRITAIN; HAND; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751021386     PISSN: 14712377     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-6-39     Document Type: Article

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