Sensory dysfunction following stroke: Incidence, significance, examination, and intervention

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 200-217

  Sullivan, Jane E ^a   Hedman, Lois D ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Examination; Sensation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STROKE; THERMAL STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

HUMANS; SENSATION DISORDERS; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; STROKE;

EID: 48249137644     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1503-200     Document Type: Review

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