The VECTORS study: When too much of a good thing is harmful

Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 170-171

  Cramer, Steven C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL STUDY; EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MOVEMENT THERAPY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STROKE; ANIMAL; ARM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE MODEL; EXERCISE; HAND; HUMAN; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; PARESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ARM; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HAND; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARESIS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68949196136     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181ae2389     Document Type: Editorial

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