Mirror therapy promotes recovery from severe hemiparesis: A randomized controlled trial

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 209-217

  Dohle, Christian ^a,b   Püllen, Judith ^b,c   Nakaten, Antje ^b   Küst, Jutta ^b   Rietz, Christian ^c   Karbe, Hans ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Neurological Rehabilitation Centre Godeshohe   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arm; Hemineglect; Mirror therapy; Motor recovery; Randomized clinical trial; Stroke rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMINEGLECT; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MIRROR THERAPY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NOCICEPTION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSATION; SIMULATION; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ARM; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 61449238093     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968308324786     Document Type: Article

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