Virtual reality and motor rehabilitation of the upper limb after stroke: A generation of progress?

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1003-1006

  Lucca, Lucia Francesca ^a  

^a S Anna Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Rehabilitation of upper limb; Stroke; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PARESIS; ROBOTICS; STROKE; VIRTUAL REALITY; ARM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARESIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 70350442916     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0405     Document Type: Conference Paper

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