Mental practice improves hand function after hemiparetic stroke

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 501-511

  Müller, Katharina ^a,b   Butefisch C M ^a,b   Seitz, Rüdiger J ^b,c   Hömberg, Volker ^a,d  

^a Neurological Therapy Center   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d St Mauritius Therapieklinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

AGED; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PARESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42149177216     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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