Effects of splinting on wrist contracture after stroke: A randomized controlled trial

Stroke

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 111-116

  Lannin, Natasha A ^a,c   Cusick, Anne ^b   McCluskey, Annie ^b   Herbert, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL REHABILITATION CENTRE SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Function; Occupational therapy; Pain; Spasticity; Upper limb disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND MUSCLE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; JOINT CONTRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPLINTING; STROKE; WRIST CONTRACTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPLINTS; TENDONS; TREATMENT FAILURE; WRIST; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 33845939245     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000251722.77088.12     Document Type: Article

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