Bilateral arm training: Why and who benefits?

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-41

  Waller, Sandy McCombe ^a   Whitall, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral; Coordination; Motor control; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARM MOVEMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; LIMB; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE TRAINING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESIS; REVIEW; SKILL; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARM; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL INHIBITION; PARESIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44449178893     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/nre-2008-23104     Document Type: Review

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