Gains in upper extremity function after stroke via recovery or compensation: Potential differential effects on amount of real-world limb use

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 237-253

  Lum, Peter S ^a,b,c   Mulroy, Sara ^d   Amdur, Richard L ^c,e   Requejo, Philip ^d   Prilutsky, Boris I ^f   Dromerick, Alexander W ^b,c,e  

^a Catholic University of America ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation; EMG; Function; Kinematics; Recovery; Stroke; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ARM MOVEMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PARESIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ARM; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARESIS; PILOT PROJECTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349213564     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1604-237     Document Type: Review

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