Mirror Therapy Enhances Lower-Extremity Motor Recovery and Motor Functioning After Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 555-559

  Sütbeyaz, Serap ^a   Yavuzer, Gunes ^b,c   Sezer, Nebahat ^a   Koseoglu, B Füsun ^a  

^a Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Feedback; Imagery; Motor skills; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL AMBULATION CATEGORIES; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MIRROR THERAPY; MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SPASTICITY; STROKE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; WALKING;

EID: 34247251338     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.02.034     Document Type: Article

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