Orthotic aided training of the paretic upper limb in chronic stroke: Results of a phase 1 trial

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-103

  Farrell, John F ^b   Hoffman, Henry B ^b   Snyder, Janet L ^b   Giuliani, Carol A ^c   Bohannon, Richard W ^a  

^a Physical Therapy Consultants   (United States)

^b Saebo Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arm; Hand; Recovery; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELBOW; FEMALE; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE TONE; ORTHOSIS; PARESIS; SHOULDER; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WRIST;

EID: 34447628037     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/nre-2007-22204     Document Type: Article

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