The EXCITE trial: A major step forward for restorative therapies in stroke

Stroke

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2204-2205

  Cramer, Steven C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Recovery; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSTRAINT INDUCED THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIALS; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REHABILITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34347329219     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.486555     Document Type: Short Survey

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