Bilateral upper limb training with functional electric stimulation in patients with chronic stroke

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 357-365

  Chan, Marko Ka Leung ^a,b   Tong, Raymond Kai Yu ^a   Chung, Kenneth Yiu Kwan ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b KOWLOON HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Electric stimulation; Rehabilitation; Upper limb training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; STRETCHING EXERCISE; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64149089311     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968308326428     Document Type: Article

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