The beneficial effects of a functional task target on reaching and postural balance in patients with right cerebral vascular accidents

Motor Control

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 122-135

  Chen, Hsieh Ching ^a   Lin, Keh Chung ^b   Chen, Chia Ling ^c   Wu, Ching Yi ^d  

^a CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Kinematics; Kinetics; Postural balance; Reaching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICS; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 45549083357     PISSN: 10871640     EISSN: 15432696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/mcj.12.2.122     Document Type: Article

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