Reboxetine improves motor function in chronic stroke: A pilot study

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 197-201

  Zittel, Simone ^a   Weiller, Cornelius ^b   Liepert, Joachim ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c Kliniken Schmieder   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neurorehabilitation; Reboxetine; Stroke; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; REBOXETINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG USE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINGER; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NAUSEA; PARALYSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VELOCITY;

ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOLINES; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33847641548     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0326-5     Document Type: Article

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