Hand rehabilitation following stroke: A pilot study of assisted finger extension training in a virtual environment

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Fischer, Heidi C ^a   Stubblefield, Kathy ^a   Kline, Tiffany ^b   Luo, Xun ^c   Kenyon, Robert V ^c   Kamper, Derek G ^a,d  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Northstar Neuroscience   (United States)

^c 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

^d Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Finger extension orthosis; Hand; Stroke; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BOX AND BLOCK TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND DISEASE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; ORTHOSIS; PILOT STUDY; RANCHO LOS AMIGOS FUNCTIONAL TEST OF THE HEMIPARETIC UPPER EXTREMITY; RANGE OF MOTION; SPASTICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; UPPER EXTREMITY FUGL MEYER TEST; VELOCITY; VIRTUAL REALITY; WOLF MOTOR FUNCTION TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PARESIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33847619420     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1401-1     Document Type: Article

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