Additional exercises improve trunk performance after stroke: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 281-286

  Verheyden, Geert ^a,d   Vereeck, Luc ^b   Truijen, Steven ^b   Troch, Mark ^c   Lafosse, Christophe ^c   Saeys, Wim ^b   Leenaerts, Els ^b   Palinckx, An ^b   De Weerdt, Willy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Hogeschool Antwerpen   (Belgium)

^c Sci U Rehab Ctr Hof ter Schelde   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Randomized controlled trial; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NURSING CARE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CARE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SITTING; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUNK; TRUNK EXERCISE;

AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL FITNESS; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61449208853     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968308321776     Document Type: Article

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