Effect of a Gravity-Compensating Orthosis on Reaching After Stroke: Evaluation of the Therapy Assistant WREX

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2121-2128

  Iwamuro, Bridget T ^a   Cruz, Erik G ^b   Connelly, Lauri L ^a   Fischer, Heidi C ^a   Kamper, Derek G ^a,c  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Beghou Consulting   (United States)

^c Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Orthotic devices; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CHEDOKE MCMASTER STROKE ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; ORTHOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; STROKE; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PARESIS; STROKE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 55249084893     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.04.022     Document Type: Article

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