Strengthening to promote functional recovery poststroke: An evidence-based review

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 177-199

  Pak, Sang ^a   Patten, Carolynn ^b,c  

^a John Muir Rehabilitation Services   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Recovery; Rehabilitation; Resistance training; Strength; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONVALESCENCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NULL HYPOTHESIS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPASTICITY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; STROKE;

EID: 48249133168     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1503-177     Document Type: Review

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