Pathophysiology of stroke rehabilitation: The natural course of clinical recovery, use-dependent plasticity and rehabilitative outcome

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 243-255

  Kreisel, Stefan H ^a,b   Hennerici, Michael G ^a   Bäzner, Hansjörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b EVANGELISCHES KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neuronal plasticity; Stroke rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONVALESCENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; STROKE; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947247135     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000098323     Document Type: Review

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