Motor imagery to enhance recovery after subcortical stroke: Who might benefit, daily dose, and potential effects

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 458-467

  Simmons, Lucy ^a   Sharma, Nikhil ^a   Baron, Jean Claude ^a   Pomeroy, Valerie M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Physical therapy Motor imagery; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; MOTOR IMAGERY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50049089980     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968308315597     Document Type: Article

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