Effects of conventional physical therapy and functional strength training on upper limb motor recovery after stroke: A randomized phase II study

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 389-397

  Donaldson, Catherine ^a   Tallis, Raymond ^b   Miller, Simon ^a   Sunderland, Alan ^c   Lemon, Roger ^d   Pomeroy, Valerie ^e  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Physical therapy; Stroke rehabilitation; Upper extremity hemiplegia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARESIS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64149088659     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968308326635     Document Type: Article

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