Sensory Stimulation Augments the Effects of Massed Practice Training in Persons With Tetraplegia

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 602-608

  Beekhuizen, Kristina S ^b,c   Field Fote, Edelle C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand; Motor skills; Neuronal plasticity; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; JEBSEN TAYLOR HAND FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MASSED PRACTICE TRAINING; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PINCH STRENGTH; QUADRIPLEGIA; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WOLF MOTOR FUNCTION TEST;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; QUADRIPLEGIA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 40949099142     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.11.021     Document Type: Article

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